Preferred Shelf Number:
910.9163 RUSSELL, G.
First Title value, for Searching:
The ship of dreams : the sinking of the Titanic and the end of the Edwardian era
First Author value, for Searching:
Russell, Gareth, author.
ISBN:
9781501176722
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Uniform Title:
Darksome bounds of a failing world
Edition:
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Description:
xxii, 423 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
General Note:
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2019 as The darksome bounds of a failing world, by William Collins"--Copyright page.
Contents:
The Lords Act -- The sash my father wore -- Southampton -- A contest of sea giants -- A safe harbor for ships -- The lucky holdup -- A decent wee man -- A kind of hieroglyphic world -- Its own appointed limits keep -- Two more boilers -- A thousand uneasy sparks of light -- Going up to see the fun -- Music in the first-class lounge -- Vox faucibus haesit -- Be British -- Over the top together -- The awful spectacle -- Grip fast -- Where's Daddy? -- Extend heartfelt sympathy to all -- The spinner of the years.
Abstract:
"A product of Anglo-American capitalism, built by a generation that had never known trauma and was bored by its own prosperity and success, the Titanic set sail into a world that was about to change forever ... Exploring the infamous disaster from the perspectives of six of her first-class passengers--a British aristocrat, a celebrated maritime architect, an American railway tycoon and his son, a first-generation American philanthropist, and a silent movie star--[this book] uses the ship's creation and her tragic fate as a window into the changing, unsettled world at the end of the Edwardian era"-- Provided by publisher.
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