Sinking of the Titanic An engrossing blend of fact

An engrossing blend of fact and fiction — incorporating Defoe's celebrated flair for journalistic detail — these lively tales of seafaring rogues and rascals and their ill-gotten gains will captivate armchair sailors

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Sinking of the Titanic An engrossing blend of factPublished in 1912 within months of the sinking of the Titanic, this "memorial edition" of first hand accounts by survivors, people in rescue boats, and other on the scene witnesses offers heart wrenching testimony about the great disaster, steeped in the sentiments of the day. Surviving passengers recount heart breaking tales of parting with loved ones, watching the great ship sink while the steadfast band played "Nearer, My God, to Thee," and