This is the true minute-by-minute story, written masterfully by Sir Walter Lord, of the "unsinkable" TITANIC. She was four city-blocks long, with the latest, most ingenious saftey devices; a French "sidewalk cafe", private promenade decks--but only twenty lifeboats for the over 2,200 passengers on board.
Gliding through the calm seas, disdainful of all obstacles, the TITANIC brushed an iceberg. Two hours and forty minutes later she upended and sank beneath the surface of the Atlantic. Only 705 survivors were picked up from her half-filled lifeboats...
"All of the drama, horror and tragedy of that grim night are here, never before (or since) presented in such superb narrative style!" (The Chicago Tribune) This book is amazing!!