Farewell, Titanic de Charles Pellegrino

Farewell, Titanic

Charles Pellegrino

On the 100th anniversary of the Titanic ′s sinking, a prominent Titanic researcher offers a final chance to see the ship before it disappears forever The Titanic was the biggest, most luxurious passenger ship the world had ever seen; the ads proclaimed it to be unsinkable. When it sank in April 1912 after hitting an iceberg, killing more than 1,500 people, the world was forever changed and the public has been spellbound ever since. Now, a century later, the Titanic is about to disappear again: its infrastructure is set to collapse in the next few years. In this book, scientist Charles Pellegrino offers what may be the last opportunity to see the ship before it is lost to the seas for eternity. The last book to be written while survivors were still alive and able to contribute details, Farewell, Titanic includes many untold stories about the sinking and exploration of the unsinkable ship. Author Charles Pellegrino provided source material for James Cameron′s Oscar–winning Titanic film, which is being re–released in 3D at the same time as the book Includes 16 pages of never–before–published full–color photographs of the sunken vessel Includes all–new information about the Titanic research that has been carried out in the last decade Written by a New York Times bestselling author who participated in the post–discovery analysis of the Titanic ′s remains during the expedition that immediately followed Robert Ballard′s Titanic discovery in 1985

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Praise for Charles Pellegrino Farewell, Titanic "Pellegrino has completed his twenty–five–year journey of Titanic exploration with this deeply detailed book that looks the horror and chaos of that disaster square in the eye, with human insights not previously brought to light. Pellegrino really is the king of connect–the–dots." — James Cameron , Academy Award–winning director of Titanic "Charles Pellegrino′s aptly named book is packed with untold stories. There is much to admire here, and Pellegrino is just the man to document what may indeed be the Titanic′s final chapter." — Bill Schutt , American Museum of Natural History, author of Dark Banquet Ghosts of the Titanic "Charles Pellegrino has raised the Titanic—at least in my imagination." — Stephen King "Very moving. Like Her Name, Titanic, Ghosts of the Titanic often brought tears to my eyes." — Sir Arthur C. Clarke , author of 2001: A Space Odyssey Her Name, Titanic "Like walking through a Stanley Kubrick film . . . it is impossible to pull off this sort of thing without knowing the facts, and Charlie Pellegrino knows his Titanic inside and out." — Walter Lord , author of A Night to Remember

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Foreword by Tom Dettweiler ix Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii 1. Convergence 1 2. Far from Okay 12 3. A Slight Trepidation 20 4. Night of the Lightning Dolphins 32 5. Trinity 38 6. Of Nature, Not above It 51 7. The Cascade Point 58 8. Everything Was against Us 72 9. Stalking the Nightmare 76 10. Points of Departure 86 11. The Geometry of Shadows 99 12. How Much Does Darkness Weigh? 112 13. The 46th Psalm 115 14. The Truth about William Murdoch 127 15. To Dream on the Ship of Sorrows 133 16. Falling Stars 140 17. Movements of Fire and Ice 149 18. Frailty 152 19. A Crevice in Time 169 20. Dark Circle 179 21. Explorers, Graves, and Lovers 193 22. Terminal Velocity 213 23. Laying the Music to Rest 218 24. A Fury Scorned 225 25. Sleeping in Light 228 26. Coming Home to Shock Cocoons 231 27. The Long Night of Ellen Betty Phillips 234 28. The Thieving Magpies 241 29. Monsters Down There 245 30. Ghosts of the Abyss 255 31. Persevering 261 32. Destination Unknown 264 Notes 282 Index 323

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Charles Pellegrino is a scientist who has been involved in Titanic research for decades, since shortly after Robert Ballard discovered the remains of the luxury vessel in the 1980s. Pellegrino wrote the New York Times bestseller Her Name, Titanic about the ship and its discovery. His second book about the Titanic, Ghosts of the Titanic , was published in 2000. Pellegrino has worked with both Ballard and director James Cameron and provided some of the source material for Cameron’s Oscar–winning movie Titanic.