Titanic voices from the disaster / by Deborah Hopkinson.

Author/creator Hopkinson, Deborah
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Scholastic Press, 2012.
Description289 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Diagram of the ship -- Setting sail -- A floating palace -- A peaceful Sunday -- "Iceberg right ahead' -- Impact! -- In the radio room: "It's a CQD OM." -- A light in the distance -- Women and children first -- The last boats -- In the water -- "She's gone" -- A long, cold night -- Rescue at dawn -- Aftermath: the end of all hope -- Discovering the Titanic -- Glossary -- People in this book -- Other famous Titanic figures -- Survivor letters from the Carpathia -- Titanic timeline -- Be a Titanic researcher: find out more -- Titanic facts and figures -- From the British wreck commissioner's final report -- Titanic: the lifeboat launching sequence reexamined -- Titanic statistics: who lived and who died.
Abstract Tells the tale of the sinking of the Titanic using the narratives of the witnesses and survivors to the disaster.
Local noteLittle-305131062128W
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 256-260) and index.
LCCN 2011006695
ISBN9780545116749 (hbk.)
ISBN0545116740 (hbk.)
ISBN9780545436779 (pbk.)
ISBN054543677X (pbk.)

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Joyner TRC Nonfiction 910.91634 H7773T ✔ Available Place Hold