|
Laddar... A Night to Remember (urspr publ 1955; utgåvan 1955)av Walter Lord, Nathaniel Philbrick (Inledning)
VerkdetaljerA Night to Remember av Walter Lord (Author) (1955)
When I read this the Titanic was a big interest of mine--long before the movie--and Lord always did a good workmanlike job on his books. He died 2 May 2002. (  ) Schmerguls | Jun 7, 2013 |  A non-fiction book on the true events of the sinking and final hours of the Titanic. Well researched and compiled, this may have been the primary basis of other Titanic stories ever made. ( ) snapsandreads | Jun 3, 2013 | on Sunday, December 23, 2007 I wrote: Wow. I was again on the verge of tears. This is such a sad story.Very well written. After I read it I immediately wanted to watch The Titanic. I thought I had the movie, but guess I was wrong. ;)Now I know what to buy next. (  ) Marlene-NL | Apr 12, 2013 | With such a glut of Titanic material on the market (books, articles, movies, miniseries - miniserieses? - etc.), I was interested in reading one of the first accounts. I appreciated that it was chronological and used eyewitness testimony; when multiple accounts differed, the author simply reported what each person said they had seen. It had less emotional impact than I thought it would, even with the survivors' personal stories, but is a good account of the tragedy, remarkably free of judgment or opinion on the author's part. (  ) JennyArch | Apr 3, 2013 | Very short and readable. A large part of the back is a roster of people who were on the ship when it sank. This book is the source for several of the Titanic movies and you will recognize the scenes. ( ) Time2Read2 | Mar 31, 2013 | inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Hänvisningar till detta verk hos externa resurser.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Titanic funnel falls, almost hitting a lifeboat--and consequently washing it 30 yards away from the wreck, saving all lives aboard. One man calmly rides the vertical boat down as it sinks, steps into the sea, and doesn't even get his head wet while waiting to be successfully rescued. On one side of the boat, almost no males are permitted in the lifeboats; on the other, even a male Pekingese dog gets a seat. Lord includes a crucial, tragically ironic drama Cameron couldn't fit into the film: the failure of the nearby ship Californian to save all those aboard the sinking vessel because distress lights were misread as random flickering and the telegraph was an early wind-up model that no one wound.
Lord's account is also smarter about the horrifying class structure of the disaster, which Cameron reduces to hollow Hollywood formula. No children died in the First and Second Class decks; 53 out of 76 children in steerage died. According to the press, which regarded the lower-class passengers as a small loss to society, "The night was a magnificent confirmation of women and children first, yet somehow the loss rate was higher for Third Class children than First Class men." As the ship sank, writes Lord, "the poop deck, normally Third Class space ... was suddenly becoming attractive to all kinds of people." Lord's logic is as cold as the Atlantic, and his bitter wit is quite dry.
(hämtat från Amazon Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:36:03 -0500)
Recounts the demise of the "unsinkable" Titanic, the massive luxury liner that housed extravagances such as a French "sidewalk cafe" and a grand staircase, but failed to provide enough lifeboats for the 2,207 passengers on board.
Snabblänkar |
Google Books — Laddar...| Byt | E-böcker | Ljud |
| 115 tillg. 15 önskade |
(4.02)| 0.5 | |
| 1 | |
| 1.5 |  1 |
| 2 | 12 |
| 2.5 | 6 |
| 3 | 44 |
| 3.5 | 19 |
| 4 | 104 |
| 4.5 | 19 |
| 5 | 86 |
Tre utgåvor av den här boken publicerades av Audible.com.
Penguin AustraliaEn utgåva av denna bok gavs ut av Penguin Australia.
2
