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Titanic: The Last Night of a Small Town
John Welshman
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Description for Titanic: The Last Night of a Small Town
Paperback. A century after her sinking, social historian John Welshman reconstructs the fascinating individual histories of twelve of the passengers aboard the doomed liner, including a minute-by-minute account of the ship's last tragic hours. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp black and white plate section. BIC Classification: 1QSAN; 3JJC; HBLW; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
In his famous book A Night to Remember, historian Walter Lord described the sinking of the Titanic as 'the last night of a small town'. Now, a hundred years after her sinking, John Welshman reconstructs the fascinating individual histories of twelve of the inhabitants of this tragically short-lived floating town. They include members of the crew; passengers in First, Second, and Third Class; women and men; adults and children; rich and poor. Among them are a ship's Captain, a Second Officer, an Assistant Wireless Operator; a Stewardess, an amateur military historian, a governess, a teacher, a domestic servant, ... Read more
In his famous book A Night to Remember, historian Walter Lord described the sinking of the Titanic as 'the last night of a small town'. Now, a hundred years after her sinking, John Welshman reconstructs the fascinating individual histories of twelve of the inhabitants of this tragically short-lived floating town. They include members of the crew; passengers in First, Second, and Third Class; women and men; adults and children; rich and poor. Among them are a ship's Captain, a Second Officer, an Assistant Wireless Operator; a Stewardess, an amateur military historian, a governess, a teacher, a domestic servant, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198786498
SKU
V9780198786498
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About John Welshman
John Welshman is the author or editor of six books on twentieth-century British social history and has held posts at the Universities of Leicester, Oxford, and York. He is currently Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at Lancaster University. His publications include Underclass: a history of the excluded since 1880 and Churchill's Children: The Evacuee Experience in Wartime Britain ... Read more
Reviews for Titanic: The Last Night of a Small Town
Highly recommend.
Anna Maria Polidori, Al Femminile
John Welshman has fashioned a moving account of the Titanic's first and last voyage.
Nick Rennison, The Daily Mail
As thorough and yet compassionate an account as the disaster is ever likely to have.
Open Letters Monthly
Anna Maria Polidori, Al Femminile
John Welshman has fashioned a moving account of the Titanic's first and last voyage.
Nick Rennison, The Daily Mail
As thorough and yet compassionate an account as the disaster is ever likely to have.
Open Letters Monthly