| Description |
400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A fancy-dress ball in Dante's hell -- The ship of widows -- A life too far-fetched for fiction -- Falling in love in the slipstream of the Titanic -- The woman who rowed away from the drowning -- The world's most willing whipping boy -- The dark side of survival -- Miss Masquerader -- Titanic fever -- Fame is the spur -- The last survivors. |
| Summary |
Wilson offers engaging portraits of the survivors of the world's best-known shipwreck and how they lived with (or repressed) their memories of the event. For some, survival inspired a carpe diem spirit and a determination to live life to the fullest; for others, it brought on nervous breakdowns and social ostracism, particularly for the men who escaped in lifeboats. The most poignant stories are those of the survivors who were plagued by additional tragedies, who died young or committed suicide. Conversely, the longest-lived survivors became beloved symbolic figures of minor celebrity. |
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Titanic (Steamship)
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Titanic (Steamship) -- Biography.
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Shipwreck victims -- North Atlantic Ocean -- Biography.
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Shipwreck survival -- North Atlantic Ocean.
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Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean.
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| ISBN |
9781451671568 hardcover $25.00 |
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1451671563 hardcover |
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9781451671575 trade paper |
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1451671571 trade paper |
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9781451671582 ebook |
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145167158X ebook |
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