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Title: Unsinkable: The Full Story of RMS Titanic by Daniel Allen Butler ISBN: 0-8117-1814-X Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: April, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (35 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: This is a book written in the finest tradition.
Comment: Review written by Donald Hyslop, co-author of TITANIC VOICES. The story of the supposedly unsinkable TITANIC has been told many times and from many perspectives since her tragic sinking 85 years ago. But as many children will testify, a good story well told can be recounted many times without ever tiring of hearing it. Daniel Butler has retold the story of the TITANIC in the finest tradition.
Extensively researched, well written and eminently readable, "UNSINKABLE" tells the story of the TITANIC from the money men who concieved her through to the money men who today try to raise her from the seabed. As well as attention to detail Butler attempts to analyze situations and actions from the social of the time rather than with hindsight. This leads to some interesting perspectives on, among other subjects, the Third Class passengers and the often overlooked crew. He also brings some modern investigative methods to explore issues--for instance--enlisting the help of a clinical psychologist to analyse Captain Smith's possible unravelling as the drama unfolded.
Butler has strong, sometimes passionate, views on many issues relating to the TITANIC and pulls no punches in putting these forward, his championing of Senator Smith and contempt for Captain Lord of the CALIFORNIAN, for instance, will be questioned by some. However, teh arguements he puts forward are well constructed and researched, yielding an approach much preferable to a dry facts and figures account. The chapter "Requiem," based on Butler's visits to victims' graveyards in Halifax is particularly moving, bringing home all too clearly the human tragedy of the disaster. Just as TITANIC slwoly deteriorates and disappears on the seabed, the harsh climate on the Canadian coast is also taking its toll on the gravestones of the victims.
No doubt the new Hollywood blockbuster film "TITANIC" will introduce a whole new generation to the story. When they come to seek more information on the subject I am sure that "UNSINKABLE" will become one of the texts they will turn to.
Rating: 4
Summary: An entertaining book
Comment: This was the first book I have read about the RMS Titanic, and I found myself thoroughly engaged in the reading. The story presented covers a broad history, beginning from before the titanic was built, through the sinking, and up to the rediscovery of the titanic in recent years. The author presents a relatively thorough account of the experiences of the passengers of all classes, the crew, and the people on both sides of the Atlantic that learned of the tragedy of the liner soon after of the event. The reading brings all these people to life and leaves the reader feeling as though they were a part of the experience.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best of the Titanic books
Comment: Although I haven't quite finished this book, I believe it's one of the best I've ever read on the subject. The description of the actual sinking is truly unique in a spell-binding way and some things mentioned in other books (passengers' reactions and subsequent behavior, etc.) are more fully explored in this one. Has to rank up there with ''A Night to Remember.''
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Title: The Story of the Titanic as Told by Its Survivors by Jack Winocour ISBN: 0486206106 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1960 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Ghosts of the Abyss: A Journey Into The Heart of the Titanic by Donald Lynch, Don Lynch, Ken Marschall, James Cameron ISBN: 0306812231 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 08 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: A Night to Remember by WALTER LORD ISBN: 0553278274 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Titanic at Two A.M.: An Illustrated Narrative with Survivor Accounts by Paul J. Quinn ISBN: 0965520935 Publisher: Fantail Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Dusk to Dawn: Survivor Accounts of the Last Night on the Titanic by Paul J. Quinn ISBN: 0965520994 Publisher: Fantail Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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