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Titanic: A Survivor's Story
Gracie, Archibald; Thayer, John B.
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Description for Titanic: A Survivor's Story
Paperback. This text provides a record of one of the most traumatic events in maritime history - the sinking of the Titanic. Not only does Colonel Archibald Gracie detail his own experiences on that fateful night, he has traced other survivors and catalogued their own version of events. Num Pages: 368 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: RGR; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 125 x 19. Weight in Grams: 294.
Two survivors' accounts of the sinking of the Titanic. The information contained in Colonel Gracie's story is available from no other source. He provides details of the final moments, including names of passengers pulled from the ocean and of those men who, in a panic, jumped into lifeboats as they were being lowered. Walter Lord, author of A Night to Remember, calls Gracie "an indefatigable detective." John Thayer was, like Gracie, one of the last to leave the ship. His account, The Sinking of the S.S. Titanic, is meticulously detailed. The sinking of the Titanic was, in his eyes, a ... Read more
Two survivors' accounts of the sinking of the Titanic. The information contained in Colonel Gracie's story is available from no other source. He provides details of the final moments, including names of passengers pulled from the ocean and of those men who, in a panic, jumped into lifeboats as they were being lowered. Walter Lord, author of A Night to Remember, calls Gracie "an indefatigable detective." John Thayer was, like Gracie, one of the last to leave the ship. His account, The Sinking of the S.S. Titanic, is meticulously detailed. The sinking of the Titanic was, in his eyes, a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Academy Chicago Publishers United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL, United States
ISBN
9780897334525
SKU
V9780897334525
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-23
About Gracie, Archibald; Thayer, John B.
Colonel Archibald Gracie IV was an American writer, real estate investor, and survivor of the sinking of the Titanic. Gracie was a member of the prominent Gracie family, which had built the famed Gracie Mansion, currently the residence of the mayor of New York City. He wrote two books, The Truth About Chickamauga and The Truth About the Titanic, a ... Read more
Reviews for Titanic: A Survivor's Story
[A] definitive account." –– L.A. Times