Hugh Brewster
Författare till 882 1/2 Amazing Answers to Your Questions About the Titanic
Om författaren
A longtime editor of books for both children and adults, Hugh Brewster is also the author of some acclaimed works for young readers. Born in London in 1950, Brewster was an editor for both Scholastic Books and Scholastic Canada before becoming editorial director for Madison Press Books in Toronto visa mer in 1984. Brewster's book Anastasia's Album (1996), was about the youngest daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra, the last tsar and tsarina of Russia, who were killed along with their children by Bolsheviks in 1918. Brewster researched the work in Moscow's state archive, where he found Anastasia's translated diaries and hand-colored letters among the papers and photo albums of the tsar's family. Brewster has also written Inside the Titanic (1997), a lavishly illustrated book which uses the story of two young passengers to explore the doomed ocean liner. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Verk av Hugh Brewster
Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World (2012) — Författare — 309 exemplar
Dinosaurs in Your Backyard: The Coolest, Scariest Creatures Ever Found in the USA! (2007) 18 exemplar
On Juno Beach 3 exemplar
From Vimy to Victory 3 exemplar
Deadly Voyage, RMS Titanic 3 exemplar
TITANIC. EL FINAL DE UNAS VIDAS DORADAS 2 exemplar
The Poppy Trail 1 exemplar
Achthundertzweiundachtzigeinhalb (882 1/2) aufregende Antworten auf alle Fragen zur Titanic 1 exemplar
Unsinkable Lucile: How a Farm Girl Became the Queen of Fashion and Survived the Titanic (2022) 1 exemplar
Prisonnier à dieppe 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
Sisters in Two Worlds: A Visual Biography of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill (2007) — Fotograf — 34 exemplar
They Fought in Colour / La Guerre en couleur: A New Look at Canada's First World War Effort / Nouveau regard sur… (2018) — Bidragsgivare — 18 exemplar
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- Vedertaget namn
- Brewster, Hugh
- Födelsedag
- 1950-05-26
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK (birth)
Canada - Födelseort
- Roumford, Essex, England, UK
- Bostadsorter
- Scotland
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Guelph, Ontario, Canada - Utbildning
- University of Guelph
- Yrken
- historian
children's book author - Priser och utmärkelser
- Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction
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- 25
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- 2
- Medlemmar
- 2,050
- Popularitet
- #12,550
- Betyg
- 3.9
- Recensioner
- 56
- ISBN
- 80
- Språk
- 6
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The Titanic has often been called “an exquisite microcosm of the Edwardian era,” but until now, her story has not been presented as such. In Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage, historian Hugh Brewster seamlessly interweaves personal narratives of the lost liner’s most fascinating people with a haunting account of the fateful maiden crossing. Employing scrupulous research and featuring 100 rarely-seen photographs, he accurately depicts the ship’s brief life and tragic denouement, presenting the very latest thinking on everything from when and how the lifeboats were loaded to the last tune played by the orchestra."
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"It was a brilliant crowd...a rare gathering of beautiful women and splendid men." ---Lily May Futrelle
This quote at the very beginning of the book is probably why so many of us love Titanic stories: we are sad that these beautiful people had to experience such horrible tragedy. We are also the tiniest bit reassured when we are reminded that tragedy is not a respecter of persons and is often left to chance. Horrible things can happen no matter how rich and famous one is.
Books like this take me forever to read, not because they're dull but because I usually can't go two pages without finding a reason to stop and research something. I really enjoyed reading the mini biographies constructed around an in depth look at high society before WWI destroyed the Gilded Age of America and Great Britain.… (mer)