ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1912): “ ... A graphic and thrilling account of the sinking of the greatest floating palace ever built, carrying down to watery graves more than 1,500 souls. Giving exciting escapes from death and acts or heroism not equalled in ancient or modern times, told by the survivors. Including history of icebergs, the terror of the seas; wireless telegraphy and modern shipbuilding. Illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings made expressly for this book ...”
In graphic novel format, tells of the events that occurred when the steamship Titanic struck an iceburg and sank on her maiden voyage.
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.
Excited to board the Titanic with his aunt and little sister, 10-year-old George begins to explore the ill-fated ship's first-class storage cabin when the ship is rocked by a collision with an iceberg and begins to sink.
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 ...
As the original title page proudly proclaims, A Graphic and Thrilling Account of the Sinking of the Greatest Floating Palace Ever Built, Carrying Down to Watery Graves More Than 1,500 Souls; Giving Exciting Escapes from Death and Acts of ...
The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility
Then, along came J.P. Morgan, a wealthy American businessman who had had much success in the steel and railroad industries. Until this time, the United States had not had a major role in the shipping industry.
This eerily prescient novella from 1898 — 14 years before the Titanic disaster — tells of an "unsinkable" luxury liner's maiden voyage across the Atlantic and her disastrous collision with an iceberg.
... their youngest son Gladys Cherry, the Earl's cousin and the Countess's traveling companion Clementina and Thomas Dyer-Edwardes, the Countess's parents Roberta (“Cissy”) Maioni, the Countess's lady's maid THOMAS ANDREWS Thomas ...
The deep water channel was located closer to the northern shore than to the southern shore, meaning that Titanic needed to 'hug' the line of quays to a certain extent. Meanwhile, smaller traffic moving up river would pass along ...