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Titanic Survivor: Special Centennial Edition
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John Maxtone-Graham (introduced by) and
Violet Jessop
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Sheridan House Inc
Publication date
April 14, 2012
Pages
238
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Cen spl up
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781574093155
ISBN-10
1574093150
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9.25 in.
Weight
0.92 lbs.
Original list price
$17.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Violet Jessop's life is an inspiring story of survival. Born in 1887 in Argentina, the eldest child of Irish immigrants, at the age of 21 she became the breadwinner for her widowed mother and five siblings when she commenced a career as a stewardess and nurse on some of the most famous ocean going vessels of the day. Throughout her 40 year time at sea she survived an unbelievable series of events including the sinking of the TITANIC.
âOne awful moment of empty, misty blackness enveloped us in its loneliness, then an unforgettable, agonizing cry went up from 1500 despairing throats, a long wail and then silence and our tiny craft tossing about at the mercy of the ice field.â
For most people one sinking would be enough. But four years later Violet, now a nurse with the British Red Cross, was on board the World War I hospital ship BRITANNIC when it struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Aegean. To her, this disaster was even more horrifying-- âJust as life seeming nothing but a whirling, choking ache, I rose to the light of day, my nose barely above the little lapping waves. I opened my eyes on an indescribable scene of slaughter, which made me shut them again to keep it out."
By the end of her story we have a met a woman who could handle whatever life threw at her with determination and good humor. She knew that only by her own strength of character would she survive. But Titanic Survivor is much more. A unique autobiography for those who want to know how it really felt, a story that could be told only by a Titanic Survivor.
âOne awful moment of empty, misty blackness enveloped us in its loneliness, then an unforgettable, agonizing cry went up from 1500 despairing throats, a long wail and then silence and our tiny craft tossing about at the mercy of the ice field.â
For most people one sinking would be enough. But four years later Violet, now a nurse with the British Red Cross, was on board the World War I hospital ship BRITANNIC when it struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Aegean. To her, this disaster was even more horrifying-- âJust as life seeming nothing but a whirling, choking ache, I rose to the light of day, my nose barely above the little lapping waves. I opened my eyes on an indescribable scene of slaughter, which made me shut them again to keep it out."
By the end of her story we have a met a woman who could handle whatever life threw at her with determination and good humor. She knew that only by her own strength of character would she survive. But Titanic Survivor is much more. A unique autobiography for those who want to know how it really felt, a story that could be told only by a Titanic Survivor.
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Paperback
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Cen spl up edition from Sheridan House Inc (April 14, 2012); titled "Titanic Survivor: Special Centennial Edition"
9781574093155 | details & prices | 238 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.92 lbs | List price $17.95
About: Violet Jessop's life is an inspiring story of survival.
About: Violet Jessop's life is an inspiring story of survival.
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