Title:
Shadow of the Titanic : the extraordinary stories of those who survived / Andrew Wilson.
ISBN:
9781451671568
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Atria Books, 2012.
Physical Description:
400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
A fancy-dress ball in Dante's hell -- The ship of widows -- A life too far-fetched for fiction -- Falling in love in the slipstream of the Titanic -- The woman who rowed away from the drowning -- The world's most willing whipping boy -- The dark side of survival -- Miss Masquerader -- Titanic fever -- Fame is the spur -- The last survivors.
Summary:
Offers insight into how the tragedy affected its survivors, drawing on archival research and interviews with family members to explore how some propelled themselves to fame while others were devastated by survivor guilt.
OCLC Number:
ocn745978963
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
