| Description |
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
DK eyewitness |
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Eyewitness (Dorling Kindersley Limited)
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| Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ocean travel -- Building the Titanic -- "Unsinkable"? -- RMS Titanic -- Fine fittings -- Captain and crew -- Predicting the tragedy -- Maiden voyage -- First class -- Second class -- Third class -- Atlantic crossing -- A deadly collision -- To the lifeboats -- Slowly sinking -- The final moments -- Heroic acts -- Racing to the rescue -- Awaiting news -- Lost and found -- Lives lost -- Survival stories -- Lessons learned -- End of an era -- Search and discovery -- Missing pieces -- The story continues -- Titanic lives on. |
| Summary |
This book helps you dive even deeper to uncover the fascinating secrets of the Titanic. It includes detailed descriptions of the "Titanic," including its accommodations and a retelling of its sinking in the North Atlantic in April, 1912. Learn what life was like for people on board, read personal accounts and survival stories from the epic rescue mission, and see the Titanic’s treasures that lay undiscovered for years. Packed with incredible statistics and facts about Titanic and written in easy-to-grasp text, this history book for children will transport young readers back to the year 1912. Full-color photographs and illustrations show the Titanic’s construction, life on board, its fateful collision with an iceberg, how it is remembered in popular culture and much more. |
| Subject |
Titanic (Steamship) -- Juvenile literature.
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Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean -- Juvenile literature.
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Shipwrecks -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Title |
Title appears on item as : Eyewitness Titanic |
| ISBN |
9780744028973 (hbk.) |
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0744028973 (hbk.) |
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