Description
There were stories of heroism―such as that of Edith Evans, who was waiting to board collapsible Lifeboat D, the last boat to leave Titanic, when she turned to Caroline Brown and said, "You go first. You have children waiting at home." The sacrifice cost Evans her life, but as Mrs. Brown said later, "It was a heroic sacrifice, and as long as I live I shall hold her memory dear as my preserver, who preferred to die so that I might live."
You'll learn:
- Who is the man responsible for the start of the passenger ocean liner boom?
- Why were the workers on the Titanic almost entirely Protestant?
- What was the name of the Titanic's mascot cat?
- Who were some of the richest people in the world on board the Titanic and which of them survived?
- How did some of the passengers on the Titanic become heroes, while others proved to be zeroes?
- And much more ...
The incarceration was only halted thanks to the efforts of the press, public and the shipping union who succeeded in forcing an embarrassing capitulation - and the crew were granted their long denied freedom.
The depositions given in Plymouth have long since vanished, leaving just the testimony of those few who were called before the inquiries, plus fragments in the contemporary press and private correspondence of the day. For the most part, much of what the crew did that night is lost.
Author: Mike Selby
Publisher: Matt Hall
Published: 05/25/2023
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.41d
ISBN13: 9780993808838
ISBN10: 0993808832
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 20th Century
- Education | History
- Travel | Food, Lodging & Transportation | Cruises
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