More than 100 years on, the tragic sinking of the Titanic still grips our imagination. This book follows the lives of those on board, the aftermath and quest for justice, and the more recent expeditions to preserve the wreckage of the ship itself.
ALL ABOUT HISTORY BOOK OF THE TITANIC
INTRODUCTION
GRAND DESIGNS
THE AGE OF THE LINER
LARGEST AND FASTEST
AN ORIGINAL BLUEPRINT
THE CONCEPT
THE COMPETITION
WHAT KIND OF ENGINE?
BUILDING SHIPS
BUILDING THE BIGGEST SHIPS IN THE WORLD
THE LAUNCHING OF TITANIC
THE GLAMOUR OF TITANIC
FIRST-CLASS SUITES
FOOD LOADED ABOARD TITANIC
THE WORKINGS OF TITANIC
THE WATERTIGHT DOORS
WHY WERE THERE SO FEW LIFEBOATS?
A NEW COMMAND
COLLISION WITH HMS HAWKE
THE CREW OF TITANIC
THE VOYAGE
PREMONITIONS OF DISASTER
NO POPE
JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN - SURVIVOR
THREE DEPARTURES
THE CREWMEN WHO MISSED THE SHIP
THOMAS HART: DEAD OR ALIVE?
ICE AHEAD
SECOND OFFICER CHARLES LIGHTOLLER
CALIFORNIAN ON THE AIR
THE COLLISION
NORTH ATLANTIC ICEBERGS
THOMAS ANDREWS
MAN THE LIFEBOATS
CQD: THE WIRELESS EFFORTS
DOG THE LIFEBOATS
THE BAND PLAYS ON
DANGER FROM ABOVE
THE FINAL NUMBER
THE RICH, FAMOUS AND UNFORTUNATE
ASTOR AT THE DISASTER
THE SAGA OF LIFEBOAT 4
W T STEAD
“MAIDEN TRIBUTE OF MODERN BABYLON”
MAN OF PEACE
THE SHIP SINKS
THE TRAGEDY OF THIRD-CLASS
THE FATE OF CAPTAIN SMITH
AFLOAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN
GOING BACK FOR SURVIVORS
HANGING ON TO COLLAPSIBLE B
RESCUED
SAVED: THE STATISTICS
CAPTAIN ROSTRON’S PREPARATIONS
THE SURVIVORS
THE TALE OF J BRUCE ISMAY
COFFINS AND CORPSES
HEROES OF THE TITANIC
IDA & ISIDOR STRAUS • FIRST-CLASS PASSENGERS, 1845-1912/1849-1912
SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON • CAPTAIN OF RMS CARPATHIA, 1869-1940
CHARLES LIGHTOLLER • SECOND MATE, 1874-1952
MARGARET BROWN • FIRST-CLASS PASSENGER, 1867-1932
THOMAS BYLES • SECOND-CLASS PASSENGER, 1870-1912
HAROLD BRIDE & JACK PHILLIPS • WIRELESS OFFICERS, 1890?1956/1887-1912
WALLACE HARTLEY & THE TITANIC BAND • MUSICIANS
THOMAS ANDREWS • TITANIC ARCHITECT, 1873-1912
CHARLES JOUGHIN • HEAD BAKER, 1878?1956
THE AFTERMATH
COVERING AN INTERNATIONAL SENSATION
INTERVIEWING HAROLD BRIDE
CARR VAN ANDA
THE OFFICIAL INQUIRIES
LIGHTOLLER ON THE STAND
THE ORDEAL OF SIR COSMO DUFF GORDON
CALIFORNIAN AND THE MYSTERY SHIP
THE TREACHERY OF ERNEST GILL
WHAT WAS THE MYSTERY SHIP?
AFTER THE TRAGEDY
THE TITANIC GRAVEYARDS
WHAT HAPPENED TO OLYMPIC AND BRITANNIC?
THE LEGACY OF TITANIC
SEARCH AND DISCOVERY
THE ARGO SYSTEM
ROBERT BALLARD’S PLEA
THE EXPLORATION OF TITANIC
THE FATE OF TITANIC’S BOW
THE SINKING OF THE STERN
THE SALVAGE OF TITANIC
What Survivors Said
THE BIG PIECE
THE UNSINKABLE SHIP
TITANIC REMEMBERED
Titanic: The Musical
THE ENDURING LEGACY
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA
TITANIC MEMORIALS • There are many memorials in 21 different countries to the individuals or groups of people lost aboard Titanic. Among the most notable are:
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