Titanic Voices

by Hyslop, Donald; Forsyth, Alastair; Jemima, Sheila; Hyslop, Donald; Forsyth, Alastair; Jemima, Sheila

• ISBN13: 9780312217921
• ISBN10: 0312217927
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: St Martins Pr

Summary

Reliving the tragedy through first-hand remembrances, this is the moving and bestselling account of "Titanic's" victims, survivors, heroes, and villains. 42 color and 200 bandw illustrations.

Table of Contents

Editors' Introduction	4	(2)
Historical Introduction	6	(3)
The Renaissance of Southampton -- ``American Line to White Star''	9	(28)
Southampton 1912 -- ``Ice Skating, the Latest Craze''	37	(6)
Provisioning -- ``A Ship Full of Flowers''	43	(12)
Signing On -- ``A Job On the Big 'Un''	55	(28)
Departure -- ``There Goes Daddy's Ship''	83	(24)
Last Letters Home -- ``My Dear Little Treasures''	107	(12)
Atlantic Crossing -- ``Iceberg Ahead''	119	(20)
Disaster -- ``All Hands On Deck''	139	(28)
Waiting For News -- ``A Great Hush Descended on the Town''	167	(18)
Colour Section Honour and Glory	185	(104)
US Enquiry -- ``Safe, SS Lapland, Sid''	201	(10)
Homecoming -- ``The Hectic Greeting''	211	(18)
British Investigation -- ``Hands On The Whitewash Brush''	229	(20)
Relief Fund -- ``No Sympathy and No Jeering''	249	(14)
Aftermath -- ``Almost Like Murder Wasn't It''	263	(12)
Memorials and Memories -- ``April 15th, Very Sad Day''	275	(14)
Acknowledgements and Bibliography	289