Synopsis

This book combines two survivors' vivid accounts of the greatest maritime disaster in history: the sinking of the Titanic. The information contained in Colonel Archibald Gracie's Titanic: A Survivor's Story is available from no other source. He provides details of those final moments, including names of passengers pulled from the ocean and of those men who, in a panic, jumped into lifeboats as they were being lowered, causing injury and further danger to life. Walter Lord, author of A Night to Remember, comments that Gracie's book-written shortly before he died from the exposure he suffered on that night-is "invaluable for chasing down who went in what boat," and calls Gracie "an indefatigable detective."

Library Journal

With Titanic mania still gripping the country, especially its younger women, material on the doomed ship is in high demand. This volume combines accounts from two survivors of the disaster and is a good value for libraries.