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So many things that were have said to have happened didn't according to these survivors. The way that Colonel Gracie described the sinking and the behavior and calmness and the bravery of the people put the story in a whole new light for me. The book was absolutely awesome. This book is excellent. The stories were very compelling and I could not put it down.
Thank God for this book as I have read many accounts including this one on here.also, I would recommend " Sinking Of the Titanic Eyewitness Accounts " by many who survived w/some photos and sketches. 1912 after doing his full duty for history. I would like to recommend for all those interested to also read : " TITANIC " a survivor's story written by one of the survivors by the name of " Colonel Archibald Gracie " who, gave his story plus went to the trouble of interviewing others who had survived PLUS, he went to almost all the hearings and wrote the transcriptions of testimony as well. Sadly this man died 4th of Dec.
It also does confirm facts that were true. THE MAIN THING LEARNED WAS THAT MANY BRAVE SOULS WENT DOWN WITH THIS SHIP WITHOUT COMPLAINT OR CAUSING ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL WHEN NOT NECESSARY, PLEASE HONOR THESE PEOPLE & THEIR MEMORIES AS YOU READ THIS BOOK. This book definately confirms the acutual facts of the Titanic tragedy from the the day of departure until the impact with the iceberg. Also, you learn of the changes in ship law regarding life boat number in regards to souls on board, & other major changes after the Titanic tragedy. More detailed history that you will ever read regarding this tragedy. It gives you the true facts from the mouths of the survivors & definately corrects misconceptions lasting through the tales of time. Even the exact jounal facts of the trial after the tragedy confirms facts not accurate, even to the song the band was playing when the ship went down.
Learning the account of the disaster from the perspective of those who went through it is interesting. I love this book.
It is the fact that this book is taken from the testimony of four of Titanic's survivors that makes this book so excellent. Another reviewer here found this testimony mundane, but I found it fascinating and objectively complete.
Captain Lightoller's account is particularly illuminating in that it shines a critical light on the Titanic hearings before the U.S. It seems that the most famous account of the disaster in book form, A Night to Remember, took much of its information from this book, and what makes this book so much more appealing is that the accounts are unfiltered.
"That cold green water, crawling its ghostly way up the staircase, was a sight that stamped itself indelibly in my memory. Not only do you get the testimoney from four survivors--each several chapters---but also a boat by boat testimonial from the survivors of those boats.
and English governments, which he calls a "farce." Another fascinating thing about this book is that despite the differing experiences related here by the survivors you begin to pick up bits and pieces of testimony that weave a common thread of experience among all---like a great puzzle. Step, by step, it made its way up, covering the electric lights, which for a short time shone under the suface with a horribly weird effect." This, tetsimony from an officer of the ship, named Lightoller, matches any description for effect that any fiction writer could create.
One gets a real sense of the times---Edwardian England---where duty was paramount and the supposed superiorty of the English race, which colors the survivor's accounts, hints at the very pride that contributed to the disaster---a fascinating paradox.
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