Bibliograph

A night to remember, Walter Lord

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A night to remember, Walter Lord

Language

eng

Illustrations

planschartsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A night to remember

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

795131496

Responsibility statement

Walter Lord

Series statement

Henry Holt Classics library

Summary

Lord's classic bestseller, and the definitive account of the unsinkable ship's fateful last hours At first, no one but the lookout recognized the sound. Passengers described it as the impact of a heavy wave, a scraping noise, or the tearing of a long calico strip. In fact, it was the sound of the world's most famous ocean liner striking an iceberg, and it served as the death knell for 1,500 souls. In the next two hours and forty minutes, the maiden voyage of the Titanic became one of history's worst maritime accidents. As the ship's deck slipped closer to the icy waterline, women pleaded with their husbands to join them on lifeboats. Men changed into their evening clothes to meet death with dignity. And in steerage, hundreds fought bitterly against certain death. At 2:15 a.m. the ship's band played "Autumn." Five minutes later, the Titanic was gone

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