The loss of the S.S. Titanic its story and its lessons

Main Author: Beesley, Lawrence, 1877-1967.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000.
Edition: 1st Mariner Books ed.
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Item Description: "A Mariner book."
Originally published: Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin company, 1912.
Physical Description: 203 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 0618055312
Author Notes: Lawrence Beesley (1878-1967) retired from his position as a science teacher in England when, at age thirty-four, he boarded the S.S. Titanic to go for a holiday in the States. He had been recently widowed and left at home his young son. His account of the epic disaster is widely regarded as one of the fairest and most comprehensive of its kind. Beesley was later portrayed in the classic Titanic film A NIGHT TO REMEMBER.