The Complete Titanic Chronicles: a Night to Remember and The Night Lives On

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The complete story of the sinking of the Titanic, told by Walter Lord in two acclaimed and riveting chronicles of the ship's doomed maiden voyageIn just two hours and forty minutes, 1,500 souls were lost at sea when the RMS Titanic succumbed to the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Based on interviews with sixty-three survivors, A Night to Remember tells the story of that fateful night, offering a meticulous and engrossing look at one of the twentieth century's most infamous disasters. In The Night Lives On, Lord revisits the unsinkable ship, diving into the multitude of theories-both factual and fanciful-about the Titanic's last hours. Was the ship really christened before setting sail on its maiden voyage? How did its wireless operators fail so badly, and why did the nearby Californian, just ten miles away when the Titanic struck the iceberg, not come to the rescue? Together for the first time, Lord's classic bestseller A Night to Remember and his subsequent study The Night Lives On offer remarkable insight into the maritime catastrophe that continues to fascinate and horrify a full century later.;Cover Page; The Night Lives On; Title Page; Title Page; Contents; Dedication; Contents; I. Unsinkable Subject; 1. "Another Belfast Trip"; 2. "There's Talk of an Iceberg, Ma'am"; 3. "God Himself Could Not Sink This Ship"; 4. "You Go and I'll Stay a While"; 5. "I Believe She's Gone, Hardy"; 6. "That's the Way of It at This Kind of Time"; 7. "There Is Your Beautiful Nightdress Gone"; 8. "It Reminds Me of a Bloomin' Picnic"; 9. "We're Going North Like Hell"; 10. "Go Away -- We Have Just Seen Our Husbands Drown"; Facts About the Titanic; Acknowledgments; Passenger List; II. What's in a Name?