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Titanic and Liverpool de Alan Scarth

Titanic and Liverpool

Autor Alan Scarth
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 mar 2010
On the fateful night of April 14, 1912, if you could have stood behind the “unsinkable” RMS Titanic as she went down in the frigid waters off of the Great Banks of Newfoundland, the last sight that would have flashed before your eyes as the great ship became lost to the sea would have been the word “Liverpool.” The loss of such a storied liner, a national and international tragedy, was also a tragedy for its home port—and this fascinating, first of its kind volume explores the history and myths surrounding the sinking in terms of the extraordinary stories that link Europe’s preeminent port city of Liverpool and its most famous maritime loss.
Many of the ship's key officers and crew were either from Liverpool or had strong links with the port, and many of the most colorful tales emerging from the disaster relate to lower-class Liverpudlians who scurried to join the voyage. Using material from the archives of the White Star Line, the extensive holdings of the Merseyside Maritime Museum, rich newly discovered illustrations, and a variety of other topical historical sources, author Alan Scarth unearths the unbelievable back story of key characters, minor crewmen turned unsung heroes, and company officers who, though not on the ship, were intimately connected to the events of that infamous evening. We also find out what happened to the survivors when they went on with their lives following the ship’s sinking.
Filled with previously unpublished source material and illustrations, Titanic and Liverpool will be compulsory reading for anyone interested not only in the fateful events of that unforgettable night.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781846312229
ISBN-10: 1846312221
Pagini: 192
Ilustrații: 32 halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.79 kg
Ediția:Co-Published wi.
Editura: Liverpool University Press
Colecția Liverpool University Press

Notă biografică

Preface And Acknowledgements
Primary Sources And Photographs
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1 Home Port
Chapter 2 The Southampton Switch
Chapter 3 The Big Idea
Chapter 4 Tried And Tested
Chapter 5 Officers And Crew
Chapter 6 Passengers
Chapter 7 Plain Sailing
Chapter 8 Sinking
Chapter 9 Bad Tidings
Chapter 10 Coming Home
Chapter 11 A Great Calamity
Chapter 12 A Long Shadow
Conclusion Appendix Officers And Crew (Liverpool Area) Endnotes
Alan Scarth is Curator in the Merseyside Maritime Museum.

Cuprins

Preface and Acknowledgements
Primary Sources and Photographs
Abbreviations
Introduction

Chapter 1      Home Port
Chapter 2      The Southampton Switch
Chapter 3      The Big Idea
Chapter 4      Tried and Tested
Chapter 5      Officers and Crew
Chapter 6      Passengers
Chapter 7      Plain Sailing
Chapter 8      Sinking
Chapter 9      Bad Tidings
Chapter 10    Coming Home
Chapter 11    A Great Calamity
Chapter 12    A Long Shadow

Conclusion
Appendix: Officers and Crew (Liverpool Area)
Endnotes
Select Bibliography
Index