Voyagers of the Titanic : passengers, sailors, shipbuilders, aristocrats, and the worlds they came from
Davenport-Hines, R. P. T. (Richard Peter Treadwell), 1953-2012
Book
Richard Davenport-Hines delves into the fascinating lives of those who ate, drank, reveled, dreamed, and died aboard the mythic ship: from John Jacob Astor IV, the wealthiest person on board, whose comportment that night was subject to speculation and gossip for years after the event, to Archibald Butt, the much-beloved military aide to Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft, who died helping others into the Titanic's few lifeboats. With magnificent prose, Voyagers of the Titanic also brings to life the untold stories of the ship's middle and third classes- clergymen, teachers, hoteliers, engineers, shopkeepers, counterjumpers, and clerks - each of whom had a story that not only illuminates the fascinating ship but also the times in which it sailed. In addition, Davenport-Hines explores the fascinating politics behind the Titanic's creation, which involved larger-than-life figures such as J. P. Morgan, the ship's owner, and Lord Pirrie, the ship's builder.
Main title:
Voyagers of the Titanic : passengers, sailors, shipbuilders, aristocrats, and the worlds they came from / Richard Davenport-Hines.
Edition:
1st ed.
Imprint:
New York : William Morrow, c2012.
Collation:
342 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I On Land -- 1.Boarding -- 2.Speed -- 3.Shipowners -- 4.Shipbuilders -- 5.Sailors -- pt. II At Sea -- 6.First Class -- 7.Second Class -- 8.Third Class -- 9.Officers and Crew -- pt. III Life and Death -- 10.Collision -- 11.The Meaning Shows in the Defeated Thing.
ISBN:
9780061876844 (hardcover)9780061876868 (pbk)
Dewey class:
910.91634910.9163
LC class:
G530.T6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
122421
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -Travel | TRAVEL 910.9163 DAVE | Available |
| Library at the Dock | -Travel | TRAVEL 910.9163 DAVE | Available |