Unsinkable

by Butler, Daniel Allen

• ISBN13: 9780306811104
• ISBN10: 0306811103
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-06
• Publisher: Da Capo Pr

Summary

This passionate yet balanced narrative explores every facet of theTitanic's history, including her spectacular conception in an Irish shipyard and the ambitious modern-day attempts to salvage her. The familiar story of the RMSTitanicfrom her encounter with an iceberg to her demise some three hours later, taking with her more than fifteen hundred peoplestill looms large in the popular imagination, and in Daniel Butler's as well. He studied theTitanic's history for thirty years, intensively compiling facts about the disaster and the players involved (from Captain Smith and his crew to the ill-fated third-class passengers). He even made the startling discovery of a nearby ship that ignored theTitanic's distress call because the shipmates were afraid to awaken their captain. Drawn from primary sources and period accounts, this new narrative puts the disaster into historical context and serves as an essential resource for scholars ofTitaniclore.

Author Biography

Daniel Allen Butler is a veteran of the U.S. Army. Author of The Lusitania, he lives in Atlantic Beach, Florida.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Prologue	1	(2)
Genesis	3	(20)
Sailing Day	23	(20)
Maiden Voyage	43	(20)
Ten Seconds	63	(12)
A Slow Comprehension	75	(20)
Partings and Farewells	95	(18)
Desperate Exodus	113	(12)
``She's Gone!''	125	(14)
The Lonely Sea	139	(20)
Watching Eight White Rockets	159	(8)
Homecoming	167	(12)
Inquests and Judgments	179	(20)
Requiem	199	(8)
Resurrection	207	(14)
Revelation	221	(10)
Epilogue	231	(6)
Appendix I The Titanic: Facts and Figures	237	(4)
Appendix II The Titanic, The Californian, and the Culpability of Captain Lord	241	(6)
Appendix III The Conundrum of Captain Smith	247	(6)
Author's Note	253	(4)
Glossary	257	(4)
Notes	261	(18)
Bibliography	279	(6)
Index	285