Titanic Survivor

Titanic Survivor
Author: Violet Jessop
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2012-04-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1461740320

Violet Jessop's life is an inspiring story of survival. Born in 1887 in Argentina, the eldest child of Irish immigrants, at the age of 21 she became the breadwinner for her widowed mother and five siblings when she commenced a career as a stewardess and nurse on some of the most famous ocean going vessels of the day. Throughout her 40 year time at sea she survived an unbelievable series of events including the sinking of the TITANIC. “One awful moment of empty, misty blackness enveloped us in its loneliness, then an unforgettable, agonizing cry went up from 1500 despairing throats, a long wail and then silence and our tiny craft tossing about at the mercy of the ice field.” For most people one sinking would be enough. But four years later Violet, now a nurse with the British Red Cross, was on board the World War I hospital ship BRITANNIC when it struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Aegean. To her, this disaster was even more horrifying-- “Just as life seeming nothing but a whirling, choking ache, I rose to the light of day, my nose barely above the little lapping waves. I opened my eyes on an indescribable scene of slaughter, which made me shut them again to keep it out." By the end of her story we have a met a woman who could handle whatever life threw at her with determination and good humor. She knew that only by her own strength of character would she survive. But Titanic Survivor is much more. A unique autobiography for those who want to know how it really felt, a story that could be told only by a Titanic Survivor.

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived #1)

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived #1)
Author: Lauren Tarshis
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2011-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545362687

The most terrifying events in history are brought vividly to life in this New York Times bestselling series! Ten-year-old George Calder can't believe his luck -- he and his little sister, Phoebe, are on the famous Titanic, crossing the ocean with their Aunt Daisy. The ship is full of exciting places to explore, but when George ventures into the first class storage cabin, a terrible boom shakes the entire boat. Suddenly, water is everywhere, and George's life changes forever. Lauren Tarshis brings history's most exciting and terrifying events to life in this New York Times bestselling series. Readers will be transported by stories of amazing kids and how they survived!

The Story of the Titanic As Told by Its Survivors

The Story of the Titanic As Told by Its Survivors
Author: Jack Winocour
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2012-05-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0486131246

Panic, despair, shocking inefficiency, and a dash of heroism. Two lengthy narratives by passengers who had a thorough knowledge of the sea and by members of the ship's crew. 26 illustrations.

How to Survive the Titanic or The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay

How to Survive the Titanic or The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay
Author: Frances Wilson
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2011-08-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1408821117

**WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY 2012** The strange and fascinating story of the owner of the Titanic, J. Bruce Ismay, the man who jumped ship 'Beautifully written, and beautifully deconstructed' Sunday Times 'Wonderfully rich and multi-layered . . . Full of fascinating details . . . Every sentence crackles with intelligence' Mail on Sunday As the Titanic sinks on that fateful day in April 1912, a thousand men prepared to die. J. Bruce Ismay, the ship's owner and inheritor of the White Star fortune, however, jumps into a lifeboat with the women and children and rows away to safety. Publicly reviled as a coward, Ismay became, according to one headline, 'The Most Talked-of Man in the World' and the first victim of a press hate campaign. His reputation never recovered and while other survivors were piecing together their accounts, Ismay never spoke of his beloved ship again. With the help of that great narrator of the sea, Joseph Conrad, whose Lord Jim so uncannily foretold Ismay's fate, Frances Wilson explores the reasons behind Ismay's jump, his desperate need to make sense of the horror of it all, and to find a way of living with ignominy. Wilson's biography of Ismay depicts the indelible stain of public disrepute and a life led in the aftermath of seismic disaster.

Can You Survive the Titanic?

Can You Survive the Titanic?
Author: Allison Lassieur
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2012
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1429665866

"Describes the fight for survival during the sinking of the ship Titanic"--Provided by publisher.

The Loss of the Titanic

The Loss of the Titanic
Author: Lawrence Beesley
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2011-11-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1445607859

'The best first-hand account of a passenger's experiences - a first-rate piece of descriptive writing' THE GUARDIAN

Titanic

Titanic
Author: Stephen Davies
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2017-01-05
Genre: Shipwreck survival
ISBN: 9781407178752

TITANIC tells the story of a young boy aboard the 'unsinkable' Titanic. This gripping first-hand account is perfect for children studying the Titanic at school. An exciting story - perfect for readers interested in history.

Surviving Titanic

Surviving Titanic
Author: Orsen Murphy
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2021-04-19
Genre:
ISBN:

This anthology compiles firsthand accounts of the Titanic disaster by those who lived it. Through their words, we are able to remember the human tragedy and see both the heroism and cowardice on display that fateful night. The accounts presented here come from letters written aboard the Carpathia, correspondences to friends, verbal testimony given at the US Senate Inquiry in 1912, and exclusive interviews given to journalists shortly after the sinking. In total, 25 rare survivor accounts are presented in this anthology, including key crew members as well as First Class, Second Class, and Third Class passengers. First hand stories come from the following individuals: HAROLD BRIDE, LAURA FRANCATELLI, WASHINGTON DODGE, EMILY RYERSON, DAISY MINAHAN, BRUCE ISMAY, GEORGE HARDER, ARCHIBALD GRACIE, MAHALA DOUGLAS, MARY ELOISE SMITH, CATHERINE CROSBY, NORMAN C. CHAMBERS, WILLIAM BURKE, DANIEL BUCKLEY, HELEN BISHOP, OLAUS ABELSETH, LAWRENCE BEESLEY, JACK THAYER, JAMES MCGOUGH, ROBERT HITCHENS, A.H. WEIKMAN, CARPATHIA STEWARD (UNNAMED), CARLOS F. HURD, IMANITA SHELLEY, and JOHN COLLINS. This book is dedicated to the memory of the passengers and crew of Titanic

A Rare Titanic Family

A Rare Titanic Family
Author: Julie Hedgepeth Williams
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1603061169

Albert and Sylvia Caldwell were one of those rare Titanic families who lived through the tragedy at sea. Their lucky rescue aboard the Lifeboat 13 is told for the first time here. But the trip was only one part of a bigger nightmare. The Caldwells has been Presbyterian missionaries in Bangkok, Siam, but fled in what they described as a desperate journey around the world to save Sylvia’s health. Fellow missionaries, however, believed that the couple had plotted to renege on their contract at financial loss to the church. Not even sinking Titanic ended the hunt for the Caldwells. A Rare Titanic Family follows all the true-life plot twists of a family who successfully fled aboard the Titanic but never could get out from under the shadow the ship cast over them.