In 1912, the largest passenger ship ever built set sail for America, but she never got there. Find out what happened to the Titanic and her passengers. •Orange/Band 6 books offer varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages. • Text type: An information book • Pages 22 and 23 show a map of the route the Titanic took, allowing children to retrace the events of the sinking. • Curriculum links: History: How do we know about…
" The story of the sinking of the Titanic based on first hand accounts collected in the days and weeks following the disaster. The story of the Titanic is now well known, but in the months following the disaster wild speculation was rife.
"A nonfiction book about the hidden truth behind the sinking of the Titanic with sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels"--
On orders from the Pentagon, marine explorer Dirk Pitt must salvage crucial material from the world's most infamous maritime disaster in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
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Suddenly, water is everywhere, and George's life changes forever. Lauren Tarshis brings history's most exciting and terrifying events to life in this New York Times bestselling series.
Morse lamp: Boxhall tried to signal a ship he saw in the distance — generally believed to be the Californian — by Morse lamp, but he got no response. (A Morse lamp is a hand lantern with a shutter that can be opened and closed to ...
A crewman testifies just three days after the sinking that the ship had a fire in its coal bunkers from the time it set sail.Teachers across America buy this book citing the original sources detailed that enable them to teach a lesson on ...
Two seconds later, he recalled feeling a “slight shock.” Seaman Edward Buley was sitting in the mess room, waiting to relieve the watch on duty, when the slight jar stirred him from his reading. “It seemed as though something was ...
For more than 100 years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives.
Two hours later, the night was clear and cool, with pinpoint stars and a crescent moon over the Kerr home. Kerr looked out the window and felt like they might get some far transmission tonight, maybe even a thousand miles. People didn't ...