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Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
In 1857, the SS Central America went down off the Carolinas with over four hundred passengers and twenty-one tons of California gold. In the 1980's, a young engineer from Ohio set out to locate the ship. After telling a detailed description of the disaster, there is an account of how the ship is finally rediscovered and her historical value and treasures are revealed.
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English
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The incredible true account of the most extraordinary storm of the 20th century, this is the story of a tempest born from so rare a combination of factors it was deemed "perfect" and of the doomed fishing boat with her crew of six that was helpless in the midst of a force beyond comprehension.
Author
Series
Ranger in time volume 9
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This time the mysterious box transports the golden retriever Ranger back to the shipyards of Belfast in 1912, where a ship is being prepared for her maiden voyage, and when he saves young Patrick Murphy from being crushed by falling boards, Ranger expects to be transported home; when he is not, he knows that somehow his job is not finished--but then, Ranger has never heard of the Titanic, and knows nothing of the fate that awaits Patrick, and all...
Author
Publisher
Grupo Editorial Tomo
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
"El tema de este fascinante libro es simplemente como y por qué zozobró el Titanic en una noche tan hermosa de abril. El autor Rupert Matthews explora la evidencia en que se basan las historias de heroísmo y cobardía que relataron los sobrevivientes e investiga las muchas teorías que rodean la trágica pérdida del gran barco." --P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
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Introduction -- Building the legend -- The voyage begins -- Ship of dreams -- That fateful Sunday -- A deadly encounter -- To the lifeboats -- Death of a titan -- Rescue -- Aftermath -- Questions -- Discovery -- The Titanic legacy.
A huge ocean liner, its lights blazing, its band playing, is slowly sinking in a calm sea. To most people this image evokes one name alone - the Titanic. Eighty years after this great maritime disaster the haunting saga...
Author
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
April 1912: the Titanic, the so called Ship of Dreams, sets sail with over 2,000 men, women and children on board. It was a historic moment and should have been one of the safest, most luxurious journeys to America. But when the ship hit an iceberg in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean its maiden voyage became a nightmare and the Titanic quickly sank taking her crew and passengers with her. In this gripping and fact-filled retelling David Long brings...
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Publisher
William Morrow & Co
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Ireland, 1912, Fourteen members of a small village set sail on RMS Titanic, hoping to find a better life in America. For seventeen-year-old Maggie Murphy, the journey is bittersweet. Though her future lies in an unknown new place, her heart remains in Ireland with Séamus, the sweetheart she left behind. When disaster strikes, Maggie is one of the few passengers in steerage to survive. Waking up alone in a New York hospital, she vows never to speak...
33) Titanic
Series
Twentieth Century Fox studio classics volume 11
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
English
Description
Fictional account of the sinking of the famous cruise ship, the Titanic.
34) Titanic
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Titanic includes real life stories of the passengers who were aboard the supposedly unsinkable ship-from everyday life on board to the night of the infamous iceberg collision. American Girl Samantha Parkington shares her own story of traveling across the ocean as a first class passenger on a steamship in the early 1900s. -- from Amazon.
Discover the stories of the real people and events that shaped American history in the Real Stories From My Time...
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"A true account of the attack and sinking of the passenger ship SS City of Benares, which was evacuating children from England during WWII."--Provided by publisher.
Amid the constant rain of German bombs and the escalating violence of World War II, British parents by the thousands chose to send their children out of the country: the wealthy, independently; the poor, through a government relocation program called CORB. In September 1940, passenger...
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"What do you know about the sinking of the Titanic? What if you lived in a different time and place? What would you wear? What would you eat? How would your daily life be different?Scholastic's If You Lived... series answers all of kids' most important questions about events in American history. With a question and answer format, kid-friendly artwork, and engaging information, this series is the perfect partner for the classroom and for history-loving...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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"The sinking of the Titanic was far more than a simple accident. It was a tragedy that could have been prevented. It was the result of a long chain of mistakes: a fatal series of avoidable human errors that sent the Titanic and more than half of her passengers to their watery graves"--Container.
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Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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On April 15, 1912, three women climbed into Lifeboat 21 and watched in horror as the Titanic sank into the icy depths. They were strangers then... Con artist Charlotte Digby lied her way through London and onto the Titanic. The disaster could be her chance at a new life-if she hides the truth about her past. Esme Harper, a wealthy American, mourns the end of a passionate affair and fears that everything beautiful is slipping from her grasp. And Anna...
39) The Titanic
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Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"On April 15, 1912 an "unsinkable" ship called the Titanic unexpectedly hit an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Right? Wrong! Nobody was really talking about the Titanic being unsinkable until after it sank. The truth is, four different ships wired the Titanic to report icebergs and field ice in the area. But the Titanic never slowed down. In fact, when the Californian warned that it was trapped in ice, the Titanic's wireless...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Senan Molony caused a worldwide media flurry in 2017 by revealing publicly that there was an uncontrolled coal bunker fire aboard Titanic. Experts held the fire would have significantly weakened a forward bulkhead, the failure of which hastened the sinking. Indeed, a shipyard worker aboard the Titanic from Southampton to Cherbourg is said to have warned passengers about the ship's defects. Titanic might otherwise have lasted into daylight, with hordes...
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