Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.91634
EAN num: 9780393046663
ISBN number: 0393046664
Label: W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 224
Printing Date: 1998-10
Publishing house: W. W. Norton & Company
Sale Popularity Level: 281673
Studio: W. W. Norton & Company
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Of the more than 200 books written about the Titanic, this is the very first to commemorate the women and children on board. Presented here are personal interviews with survivors and their relatives, and biographies of the women and children as well as the male passengers and crew with whom they had contact. The passengers' own voices are recorded in diaries, letters, and newspaper stories. Schematics of the vessel show where the passengers were at the time of the sinking. Each passenger section (first class, second class, and third class) is introduced with a brief overview on the conventions of society at the turn of the twentieth century, when survival in life, as on this doomed ship, depended too often on social class. Also assembled here are fascinating colour photographs of recently recovered artifacts, linked to their owners wherever possible, as well as period postcards, advertisements, and pictures. This book contains the most up-to-date passenger list yet published; a chart of the women and children who perished or were saved presented by class; Titanic-related addresses; and a comprehensive index which make this not just a moving chronicle of a uniquely painful event but also an invaluable resource.
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who got off the titanic really was up to which class you were.first and second class meant you have better chance surviving the sinking.if you were third class you were out of luck.this book get personally statement of survivers who would never forget that night.
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I thought this was an excellent account; I didn't know what type of reading it would be but found I could not put it down. I have long been curious about the women and children who DID survive the sinking of the Titanic. This tells us in a lovely way how these traumatized humans coped with such a devastating loss, especially since we always heard they were reluctant to speak of that event.
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The surprise is that many of the people portrayed in the book have been chronicled before; Geller does an outstanding job of filling us in on their backgrounds, motivations, personalities, and futures (some of which were quite short). You may have heard the names before, but you will still learn something new!
In addition, Geller brings in new stories covering previously undocumented passengers (in all three classes), making this a worthwhile book for even the largest Titanic collection.
All in all this is a well-researched, well-illustrated, well-written account. The 'feminist history' angle is interesting and Geller's writing makes you feel as if you shared a cold night in a lifeboat with these women and children.
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The sense of history that came alive in these pages made this book impossible to put down. The reader was able to learn so much more about these women and children than any other Titanic book. It includes passages on the different classes and different ethnic groups that travelled the Titanic and their fate. The only fault I had with this book were the captions under the pictures of Titanic artifacts. Such as, "Could this artifact belonged to this passenger?" The author did a bit too much speculation in this respect to make this a true historical treatise. But all in all, this is the best Titanic book I have read.
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There has rarely been a book published lately which would leave a Titanic expert or novice breathless. This school of thought has been throw out the window with in-depth short stories of survivors and victims. Judith Geller takes a reader back in time and puts a human face on tragic numbers and statistics. Simply put, Ms. Geller makes you feel what they felt over 87 years ago! This is a book you'll read again and again.
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