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A Night to Remember
by Walter Lord, Nathaniel Philbrick
by Walter Lord, Nathaniel Philbrick
She was built and marketed as unsinkable. A grander ship you would not have found. To be aboard her on this maiden voyage was privilege for the 2,207 passengers aboard, no matter if you were first class or steerage, you knew you were experiencing history in the making.
If only they had known how true that would be...
As she sped across the dark waters one cool April evening no one knew what was about to happen, and when it did happen....
"Iceberg right ahead!"
... no one thought it would do the damage it did. But once the damage was done, The Titanic in all her glory sunk quickly. A Night To Remember is the true minute by minute account of what happened after the Titanic struck ice, how some people reacted with an honor that is unmatched to this day, giving their lives... and yet other people brought out the ugliest side of humanity, and greed, and the instinct to survive, no matter what the cost.
In 1898, 14 years before the Titanic sailed, a book was written called The Wreck Of The Titan. The ship, according to the book, was unsinkable. This fictitious ship was sailing the North Atlantic in April when it struck an iceberg 400 miles from Newfoundland, causing it to sink. There were not enough life boats for the people on board...
As told in the opening of A Night To Remember
A Night To Remember is as accurate a recap as I have ever heard as to what happened that fateful April night in 1912. Its easy to understand that 100 years later, movies are still bring produced and books are still being written about one of the greatest tragedies of the sea.
Narrated by Martin Jarvis and 5 hours and 4 minutes long, this book is read at a wonderful pace filled with facts brought forth by those who lived to tell the story.
I was amazed at how close what I was hearing was to how the Titanic movie was made, all the way down to the large Irish man who fought to have the steerage women be released to have a chance to save themselves. Many of the lines from this book/audio, were also used in the movie,
"She is Unsinkable!"
For the rest of my review please visit: http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2012...
If only they had known how true that would be...
As she sped across the dark waters one cool April evening no one knew what was about to happen, and when it did happen....
"Iceberg right ahead!"
... no one thought it would do the damage it did. But once the damage was done, The Titanic in all her glory sunk quickly. A Night To Remember is the true minute by minute account of what happened after the Titanic struck ice, how some people reacted with an honor that is unmatched to this day, giving their lives... and yet other people brought out the ugliest side of humanity, and greed, and the instinct to survive, no matter what the cost.
In 1898, 14 years before the Titanic sailed, a book was written called The Wreck Of The Titan. The ship, according to the book, was unsinkable. This fictitious ship was sailing the North Atlantic in April when it struck an iceberg 400 miles from Newfoundland, causing it to sink. There were not enough life boats for the people on board...
As told in the opening of A Night To Remember
A Night To Remember is as accurate a recap as I have ever heard as to what happened that fateful April night in 1912. Its easy to understand that 100 years later, movies are still bring produced and books are still being written about one of the greatest tragedies of the sea.
Narrated by Martin Jarvis and 5 hours and 4 minutes long, this book is read at a wonderful pace filled with facts brought forth by those who lived to tell the story.
I was amazed at how close what I was hearing was to how the Titanic movie was made, all the way down to the large Irish man who fought to have the steerage women be released to have a chance to save themselves. Many of the lines from this book/audio, were also used in the movie,
"She is Unsinkable!"
For the rest of my review please visit: http://bookjourney.wordpress.com/2012...
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