A Night To Remember

by Lord, Walter; Philbrick, Nathaniel

• ISBN13: 9780805077643
• ISBN10: 0805077642
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-07
• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks

Summary

The classic minute-by-minute account of the sinking of the Titanic , in a 50th anniversary edition with a new introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick First published in 1955, A Night to Remember remains a completely riveting account of the Titanic 's fatal collision and the behavior of the passengers and crew, both noble and ignominious. Some sacrificed their lives, while others fought like animals for their own survival. Wives beseeched husbands to join them in lifeboats; gentlemen went taut-lipped to their deaths in full evening dress; and hundreds of steerage passengers, trapped below decks, sought help in vain. Available for the first time in trade paperback and with a new introduction for the 50th anniversary edition by Nathaniel Phil-brick, author of In the Heart of the Sea and Sea of Glory , Walter Lord's classic minute-by-minute re-creation is as vivid now as it was upon first publication fifty years ago. From the initial distress flares to the struggles of those left adrift for hours in freezing waters, this semicentennial edition brings that moonlit night in 1912 to life for a new generation of readers.

Author Biography

Walter Lord was the author of several bestselling works of history, including Day of Infamy, a re-creation of the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He died in 2002. Nathaniel Philbrick is the New York Times bestselling author of Sea of Glory and In the Heart of the Sea, for which he won the National Book Award.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Fiftieth-Anniversary Edition	xi
Foreword	xix
1 "Another Belfast Trip"	1	(8)
2 "There's Talk of an Iceberg, Ma'am"	9	(18)
3 "God Himself Could Not Sink This Ship"	27	(20)
4 "You Go and I'll Stay a While"	47	(14)
5 "I Believe She's Gone, Hardy"	61	(10)
6 "That's the Way of It at This Kind of Time"	71	(16)
7 "There Is Your Beautiful Nightdress Gone"	87	(14)
8 "It Reminds Me of a Bloomin' Picnic"	101	(16)
9 "We're Going North Like Hell"	117	(12)
10 "Go Away-We Have Just Seen Our Husbands Drown"	129	(18)
Facts About the Titanic	147	(6)
Acknowledgments	153	(8)
Passenger List	161

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