Sinking of the TITANIC: The world's greatest sea disaster

Sinking of the TITANIC: The world's greatest sea disaster
ISBN-10
8896365589
ISBN-13
9788896365588
Series
Sinking of the TITANIC
Category
Transportation
Language
English
Published
2014-11-02
Publisher
Edizioni Savine
Author
Thomas H. Russell

Description

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 ...”

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