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Voyagers of the Titanic : Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From
by Davenport-Hines, RichardISBN13:
9780061876844
ISBN10:
0061876844
Format:
Hardcover
Pub. Date:
3/6/2012
Publisher(s):
Harpercollins
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Summary
On the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the "Titanic" comes a magnificently written history that brings into focus the people involved in this legendary tragedy--the dealmakers and industry giants behind the ship's creation as well as its passengers, both aristocrats and immigrants, and its crew.
Table of Contents
| Prologue: From Greenland's Icy Mountains | p. 1 |
| On Land | |
| Boarding | p. 9 |
| Speed | p. 20 |
| Shipowners | p. 32 |
| Shipbuilders | p. 50 |
| Sailors | p. 63 |
| At Sea | |
| First Class | p. 73 |
| Second Class | p. 120 |
| Third Class | p. 155 |
| Officers and Crew | p. 182 |
| Life and Death | |
| Collision | p. 205 |
| The Meaning Shows in the Defeated Thing | p. 259 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 308 |
| Statement on Monetary Values | p. 311 |
| Notes | p. 313 |
| Index | p. 325 |
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