Titanic Captain

Author : G. J. Cooper
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752467778
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Titanic Captain written by G. J. Cooper and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commander Edward John Smith's career had been a remarkable example of how a man from a humble background could get far in the world. Born to a working-class family in the landlocked Staffordshire Potteries, he went to sea at the age of 17 and rose rapidly through the ranks of the merchant navy, serving first in sailing vessels and later in the new steamships of the White Star Line. By 1912, he as White Star's senior commander and regarded by many in the shipping world as the 'millionaire's captain'. In 1912, Smith was given command of the new RMS Titanic for her maiden voyage, but what should have been among the crowning moments of his long career at sea turned rapidly into a nightmare following Titanic's collision with an iceberg. In a matter of hours the supposedly unsinkable ship sank, taking over 1,500 people with her, including Captain Smith.

Author : Arthur H. Rostron
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445607840
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Titanic Hero written by Arthur H. Rostron and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Titanic in the words of the hero whose swift action saved the lives of 710 survivors.

Author : Eric L. Clements
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1844862909
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain of the Carpathia written by Eric L. Clements and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to Titanic's distress calls in the early hours of 15 April 1912, Captain Arthur Rostron raced the Cunard liner Carpathia to the scene of the sinking, rescued the seven hundred survivors of the world's most famous shipwreck and then carried them to safety at New York. After twenty-five years at sea, the competence and compassion Rostron displayed during the rescue made him a hero on two continents and presaged his subsequent achievements. During the First World War he participated in the invasion of Gallipoli and commanded Cunard's Mauretania as a hospital ship in the Mediterranean and a troop transport in the Atlantic. As her longest-serving master he commanded that legendary vessel in transatlantic passenger service through most of the 1920s. Rostron retired in 1931 as the most esteemed master mariner of his era, celebrated for the Titanic rescue, decorated for his war service, and knighted for his contributions to British seafaring. This account uses newspaper reports, company records, government documents, contemporary publications and memoirs to recount Rostron's seafaring life from his first voyage as an apprentice rounding Cape Horn in sail to his retirement forty-four years later as commodore of the Cunard Line. Set within the context of his times and featuring particulars of the ships in which he served and commanded, this is the first comprehensive biography of Arthur Rostron before, during and after his year as captain of the Carpathia.

Author : Tad Fitch
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445614391
Total Pages : 1093 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On a Sea of Glass written by Tad Fitch and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 1093 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sumptuously illustrated history of the Titanic, her sinking and its aftermath.

Author : Pat Lacey
Publisher : Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781857762211
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Master of the Titanic written by Pat Lacey and published by Trans-Atlantic Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Archibald Gracie
Publisher : Tales End Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Truth about the Titanic written by Archibald Gracie and published by Tales End Press. This book was released on 1913 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gary Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Man who Sank the Titanic? written by Gary Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Captain Meghan Cleary
Publisher : becker&mayer!
ISBN 13 : 160380255X
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The RMS Titanic written by Captain Meghan Cleary and published by becker&mayer! . This book was released on 2012-03-30 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on sketching a clear portrait of the Titanic herself: from design to construction to the terrifying disaster in the North Atlantic. Even if she had experienced an uneventful passage to New York in April 1912, Titanic was an awe-inspiring creation of unequaled grandeur. That she met such an untimely demise makes her story that much more important to retell.

Author : Samuel Halpern
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750969415
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic written by Samuel Halpern and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic is a complete re-evaluation of the loss of Titanic based on evidence that has come to light since the discovery of the wreck in 1985. This collective undertaking is compiled by eleven of the world's foremost Titanic researchers – experts who have spent many years examining the wealth of information that has arisen since 1912. Following the basic layout of the 1912 Wreck Commission Report, this modern report provides fascinating insights into the ship itself, the American and British inquiries, the passengers and crew, the fateful journey and ice warnings received, the damage and sinking, rescue of survivors, the circumstances in connection with the SS Californian and SS Mount Temple, and the aftermath and ramifications that followed the disaster. The book seeks to answer controversial questions, such as whether steerage passengers were detained behind gates, and also reveals the names and aliases of all passengers and crew who sailed on Titanic's maiden voyage. Containing the most extensively referenced chronology of the voyage ever assembled and featuring a wealth of explanatory charts and diagrams, as well as archive photographs, this comprehensive volume is the definitive 'go-to' reference book for this ill-fated ship.

Author : Veronica Hinke
Publisher : Regnery History
ISBN 13 : 1621577295
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Night on the Titanic written by Veronica Hinke and published by Regnery History. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Veronica Hinke has taken a story that we all know so well and interwoven delicious recipes that are historic and old, but classic and worthy of any modern-day table. She has unearthed a vibrant culinary subtext that often left me breathless and dreamy-eyed. She skillfully captures the magical avor of a fascinating era in our history. Two spatulas raised in adulation.” — CHEF ART SMITH, James Beard award winner, Top Chef Masters contestant, former personal chef to Oprah Winfrey April 14, 1912. It was an unforgettable night. In the last hours before the Titanic struck the iceberg, passengers in all classes were enjoying unprecedented luxuries. Innovations in food, drink, and de´cor made this voyage the apogee of Edwardian elegance. Veronica Hinke’s painstaking research and deft touch bring the Titanic’s tragic but eternally glamorous maiden voyage back to life. In addition to stirring accounts of individual tragedy and survival, The Last Night on the Titanic offers tried-and-true recipes, newly invented styles, and classic cocktails to reproduce a glittering world of sophistication at sea. Readers will experience: Recipes for Oysters a` la Russe, Chicken and Wild Mushroom Vol-au-Vents, and dozens of other scrumptious dishes for readers to recreate in their own kitchens A rare printed menu from the last first class dinner on the Titanic Drink recipes from John Jacob Astor IV’s luxury hotels, including the original Martini The true story of “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” An extraordinary eyewitness testimony to Captain Edward Smith’s final moments Intimate and captivating stories about select passengers—from millionaires to third class passengers.