Titanic Hero

Author : Cady Crosby
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781478268987
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Titanic Hero written by Cady Crosby and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One man...one ship...one night that was to be remembered forever. Thomas Byles, a Roman Catholic priest on board the R.M.S. Titanic, had the saying, “Give what you have,” instilled into him from a very young age. His training, commitment, and love for others culminated into one shining example of fortitude in the face of danger.This book, historical fiction, narrates the life of Thomas Byles. It's a story that you won't want to miss.

Author : Arthur H. Rostron
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445607840
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Titanic Hero written by Arthur H. Rostron and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Titanic in the words of the hero whose swift action saved the lives of 710 survivors.

Author : Shan F. Bullock
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thomas Andrews, Shipbuilder written by Shan F. Bullock and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Andrews, Shipbuilder is a biography by Shan F. Bullock. Andrews was a British businessman and shipbuilder, known for designing the Titanic and perishing aboard its maiden voyage.

Author : Shan F. Bullock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "A Titanic Hero" Thomas Andrews, Shipbuilder written by Shan F. Bullock and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Moody Adams
Publisher : Ambassador International
ISBN 13 : 1620200058
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Titanic's Last Hero written by Moody Adams and published by Ambassador International. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of John Harper who set his only child in a lifeboat before setting his sights on the salvation of the lost souls around him. Re-live John Harper's last hours as the ship took on water and passengers swarmed the decks.

Author : Eric L. Clements
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1844862909
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain of the Carpathia written by Eric L. Clements and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to Titanic's distress calls in the early hours of 15 April 1912, Captain Arthur Rostron raced the Cunard liner Carpathia to the scene of the sinking, rescued the seven hundred survivors of the world's most famous shipwreck and then carried them to safety at New York. After twenty-five years at sea, the competence and compassion Rostron displayed during the rescue made him a hero on two continents and presaged his subsequent achievements. During the First World War he participated in the invasion of Gallipoli and commanded Cunard's Mauretania as a hospital ship in the Mediterranean and a troop transport in the Atlantic. As her longest-serving master he commanded that legendary vessel in transatlantic passenger service through most of the 1920s. Rostron retired in 1931 as the most esteemed master mariner of his era, celebrated for the Titanic rescue, decorated for his war service, and knighted for his contributions to British seafaring. This account uses newspaper reports, company records, government documents, contemporary publications and memoirs to recount Rostron's seafaring life from his first voyage as an apprentice rounding Cape Horn in sail to his retirement forty-four years later as commodore of the Cunard Line. Set within the context of his times and featuring particulars of the ships in which he served and commanded, this is the first comprehensive biography of Arthur Rostron before, during and after his year as captain of the Carpathia.

Author : Christine Jamesson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781420886795
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legend of Rigel written by Christine Jamesson and published by . This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE LEGEND AND MYSTERY OF RIGEL On a frigid night in 1912 the great unsinkable Titanic sank 2 miles down to a watery grave. Many stories of heroes and villains have been passed down since that fateful night. Yet there is one hero in particular whose story has remained a mystery. Meet Rigel- the Titanic's Newfoundland dog mascot. His incredible story of courage and survival was originally published as an alleged factual account in 1912 just days after the sinking. Come along and enjoy this fictionalized story of Rigel's tragedy and triumph in spite of challenges no human could have survived! * * * Yes Virginia, there may have been a Rigel. The story of Rigel was first reported in the "New York Herald" the day the Carpathia docked with Titanic's survivors. It also appeared in a well-known book: " The Sinking of Titanic and Great Sea Disasters" which was first published in 1912 a few short months after the disaster. After that there was no mention of him at all, no disclaimers, no retractions, nothing to my knowledge. Although there has been some recent mention of him in dog books all subsequent books and movies about Titanic by historians, crew and survivors don't mention him either. Why? Was he a figment of the reporter's imagination? That seems unlikely. If Rigel and new owner didn't exist then who was interviewed? Someone playing a cruel joke while wearing a uniform and holding onto a 150-pound dog? Unlikely again, but I suppose that could have happened. The only two well-known dogs that survived the sinking were toy breeds lovingly smuggled on board the lifeboats in their owner's coats. All of the other dogs on board lost their lives including a champion English Bulldog who was last seen trying to swim in the frigid water. Comparing a bulldog's swimming ability to a Newfoundland's is like expecting your Shetland Pony to win the Kentucky Derby. Bulldogs are among the worst swimmers in dog-dom and Newfoundlands are the absolute best. Many people are skeptical as to whether any creature could have survived a long distance swim in freezing water. Certainly none of the people did. "Newfie" owners and breeders have no problem believing a Newfoundland could do exactly what the record states. Bred to withstand the harsh conditions of the frigid north Atlantic they have been used to haul in heavy fishing nets and assist in water rescues. Newfoundlands could be called the "Polar bears" of the dog world. They have the same adaptations for swimming albeit on a smaller scale. And since Scientists have seen Polar Bears swimming 100 miles out to sea in freezing water and not looking the least bit exhausted, then why not? The near lifeboat collision was also never mentioned again. Perhaps it was dropped purposely. No one wanted to detract from the heroics of the Carpathia and crew. After pushing their small steamer full speed into the very same icefield that doomed Titanic, they deserved all the credit and praise that was bestowed on them. Finally there is the Jonas Briggs mystery. He isn't listed on either ship's crew list for that year. For many that is proof positive this was nothing more than a hoax. Apparently these people have never done genealogy research. Our ancestors were not sticklers for detail. Sometimes they'd spell names phonetically. Other times they'd scribble a name and then not be able to decipher it. I found one of my ancestor's names spelled 4 different ways. One spelling was way off. I changed Jonas to John in my book, a common name that could have been mistaken for Jonas. Taking into account the pandemonium surrounding the Carpathia's arrival there would certainly be some examples of miscommunication.

Author : R. Howells
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230510841
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth of the Titanic written by R. Howells and published by Springer. This book was released on 1999-03-29 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first critical analysis of the Titanic as modern myth, this book focuses on the second of the two Titanics . The first was the physical Titanic , the rusting remains of which can still be found twelve thousand feet below the north Atlantic. The second is the mythical Titanic which emerged just as its tangible predecessor slipped from view on 15 April 1912. It is the second of the two Titanics which remains the more interesting and which continues to carry cultural resonances today. The Myth of the Titanic begins with the launching of the 'unsinkable ship' and ends with the outbreak of the 'war to end all wars'. It provides an insight into the particular culture of late-Edwardian Britain and beyond this draws far greater conclusions about the complex relationship between myth, history, popular culture and society as a whole.

Author : Elaine Landau
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395939123
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heroine of the Titanic written by Elaine Landau and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margaret (Molly) Brown is best known for her bravery and compassion during the tragic sinking of the Titanic, which catapulted her to international fame virtually overnight. But few people are aware that she was also an outspoken suffragist, a tireless champion of miners" rights, and one of the first women to run for the U.S. Congress. Raised in a working-class Mississippi River town, Margaret-who was never called Molly in her lifetime-followed her brother to a rough-and-tumble Colorado boomtown at a time when few women dared to settle in the then untamed West. She married a silver miner who eventually struck it rich, and she used her new wealth and social prominence to further her own education and to fight for the rights of others, regardless of their race or religious beliefs.This vivid account of Margaret Brown"s remarkable life from well-regarded author Elaine Landau shows how much a strong woman could accomplish, even at a time when few opportunities were available. Archival photographs and excerpts from early-twentieth-century newspapers and Brown family letters provide a clear picture of this forward-looking, energetic individual and the society that she strove to reform. Chronology, endnotes, bibliography, index.

Author : Shan F. Bullock
Publisher : Amereon Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780848809287
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Titanic Hero written by Shan F. Bullock and published by Amereon Limited. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: