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An illustrated version of the well-known poem about the highwayman and his true love, the innkeeper's daughter.

This is the first comprehensive account of the capsizing in 1915 of the steamer Eastland, an accident that killed more than 800 men, women, and children - the worst disaster of any kind in the history of Chicago and the worst in the history of the Great Lakes. 'Hilton has written a comprehensive and exhaustive study of the worst disaster in Chicago's history ...Alterations and the addition of more lifeboats and rafts after the Titanic sank made the Eastland so unstable that it rolled over in the Chicago River ...The vessel's entire career is examined, and ...the disaster itself is meticulously described and analyzed. Hilton also critically evaluates the subsequent civil and criminal court proceedings, raising a number of issues relating to marine safety regulations and the compensation of the victims' families.' Choice 'Irony and tragedy combine in this account of America's worst marine disaster ...Hilton constructs a careful account of the events leading up to the calamity. The disaster itself is recounted minute by minute ...The numerous illustrations and period photographs, as well as numerous appendixes, make this a definitive account.' Library Journal (view table of contents)

A fascinating insight into the Titanic's construction and the daily life of its passengers and crew for children

In an action-packed drama of adventure on the high seas, the best-selling author of Ireland chronicles the Christmas Day 1951 storm that destroyed the American freighter Flying Enterprise and the ordeal of its captain, Kurt Carlsen, who refused to abandon his sinking ship. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Product Description: Explore the glory and tragedy of the Titanic in a fascinating book that traces the events leading up to her fateful end.On April 14, 1912, the largest and finest ocean liner of the age struck an iceberg and sank to the icy depths...read more

After rewriting history with their discovery of a Nazi U-boat off the coast of New Jersey, legendary divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler decided to investigate the great enduring mystery of history's most notorious shipwreck: Why did Titanic sink as quickly as it did?To answer the question, Chatterton and Kohler assemble a team of experts to explore Titanic, study its engineering, and dive to the wreck of its sister ship, Brittanic, where Titanic's last secrets may be revealed.Titanic's Last Secrets is a rollercoaster ride through the shipbuilding history, the transatlantic luxury liner business, and shipwreck forensics. Chatterton and Kohler weave their way through a labyrinth of clues to discover that Titanic was not the strong, heroic ship the world thought she was and that the men who built her covered up her flaws when disaster struck. If Titanic had remained afloat for just two hours longer than she did, more than two thousand people would have lived instead of died, and the myth of the great ship would be one of rescue instead of tragedy. Titanic's Last Secrets is the never-before-told story of the Ship of Dreams, a contemporary adventure that solves a historical mystery.

Product Description: Describes construction, passengers, and amenities of the Titanic; relates how a disastrous collision with an iceberg led to its sinking; and discusses subsequent attempts to investigate the wreck.

Product Description: It was twenty minutes to midnight on Sunday 14 April, when Jack Thayer felt the Titanic lurch to port, a motion followed by the slightest of shocks. Seven-year old Eva Hart barely noticed anything was wrong. For Stoker Fred Barrett, shoveling coal down below, it was somewhat different; the side of the ship where he was working caved in...read more

Presents the English poet's celebrated work in which an adventurous highwayman risks his life to visit the innkeeper's daughter

Product Description: Describes the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic, a luxury liner claimed to be "unsinkable" that was destroyed after colliding with an iceberg, killing over one thousand passengers onboard.

Product Description: The story of Titanic's sister ship on the night of 14/15 April 1912 gives a unique new insight into the Titanic tragedy. Entering service fully ten months ahead of Titanic, the Olympic was a near identical sister ship, the first of a class of three liners, two of which would sink...read more

Product Description: On the terrifying, chaotic night of April 14, 1912, while the Titanic was sinking, Bruce J. Ismay, the ship's owner, made a decision that would save his life - and end it. Ismay boarded a lifeboat meant for women and children, and within days became The Most Talked-of Man in the World...read more

Here is the complete story of the legendary vessel from design to its building in Harland & Wolf's Belfast shipyard and a detailed chronicle of the catastrophic voyage lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs, many of them previously unpublished.

Product Description: To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Barry Denenberg has created a one-of-a-kind, high-concept book that's a unique combination of fiction and nonfiction. He uses a fictional framework to present the true story of the building and launching of the Titanic and to give a "you are there" feeling as the ship goes down...read more

Product Description: Published in the immediate wake of the famous maritime disaster, this "graphic and thrilling account of the sinking of the greatest Floating Palace ever built" sold briskly to an eager public. A century later, its tragic tale continues to captivate readers...read more