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OverviewThe history of the R.M.S. Titanic, of the White Star Line, is one of the most tragically short it is possible to conceive. The world had waited expectantly for its launching and again for its sailing; had read accounts of its tremendous size and its unexampled completeness and luxury; had felt it a matter of the greatest satisfaction that such a comfortable, and above all such a safe boat had been designed and built - the unsinkable lifeboat ; - and then in a moment to hear that it had gone to the bottom as if it had been the veriest tramp steamer of a few hundred tons; and with it fifteen hundred passengers, some of them known the world over! The improbability of such a thing ever happening was what staggered humanity. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lawrence Beesley , 1stworld LibraryPublisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society Imprint: 1st World Library - Literary Society Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.191kg ISBN: 9781421818962ISBN 10: 1421818965 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 22 May 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |