The midnight watch a novel of the Titanic and the Californian

As the Titanic and her passengers sank slowly into the Atlantic Ocean after striking an iceberg late in the evening of April 14, 1912, a nearby ship looked on. Eight distress rockets were fired during the dark hours of the midnight watch, and eight rockets were ignored. The next morning, the Titanic...

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Main Author: Dyer, David, 1966- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
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Summary:As the Titanic and her passengers sank slowly into the Atlantic Ocean after striking an iceberg late in the evening of April 14, 1912, a nearby ship looked on. Eight distress rockets were fired during the dark hours of the midnight watch, and eight rockets were ignored. The next morning, the Titanic was at the bottom of the sea and more than 1,500 people were dead. Told not only from the perspective of the SS Californian crew, but also through the eyes of a family of third-class passengers who perished in the disaster, the narrative is drawn together by Steadman, a tenacious Boston journalist who does not rest until the truth is found.
Item Description:"First published in Australia by Penguin Group (Australia)"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:323 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN:9781250080936
1250080932
Author Notes:David Dyer was born and raised in Shellharbour, a small coastal town in New South Wales, Australia. He has served as an officer in the Australian merchant navy and worked as a litigation lawyer at the firm that represented the owners of the Titanic in the aftermath of the disaster. His access to countless documents and artifacts has informed and inspired his work in The Midnight Watch . He lives in central Sydney and Katoomba, a small mountain town in New South Wales.