The last log of the Titanic /
"The first Titanic book written from the perspective of an expert ship handler, subjects the sinking of the Titanic to the brand of professional analysis that until now has been conspicuously missing from the literature on the great liner. Captain David G. Brown reconstructs the events leading...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Camden, Me. :
International Marine/McGraw-Hill,
[2001]
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | "The first Titanic book written from the perspective of an expert ship handler, subjects the sinking of the Titanic to the brand of professional analysis that until now has been conspicuously missing from the literature on the great liner. Captain David G. Brown reconstructs the events leading up to the disaster, working from eyewitness accounts. He meticulously examines the official testimony given before the U.S. Senate and the British Board of Trade, as well as original newspaper accounts, allowing logic and the rigorous standards of good seamanship, rather than bias and tradition, to reveal the facts of the case. In the process he exposes the many false assumptions, obfuscations, and outright lies that were propagated by surviving crewmembers and passengers, and by White Star officials, as he unearths long-buried truths." |
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| Physical Description: | 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-229). |
| ISBN: | 0071364471 9780071364478 |