Items related to Building the Titanic: An Epic Tale of the Creation...

Building the Titanic: An Epic Tale of the Creation of History's Most Famous OceanLiner - Hardcover

Green, Rod

  • 3.92 out of 5 stars
    59 ratings by Goodreads
 
9780762106899: Building the Titanic: An Epic Tale of the Creation of History's Most Famous OceanLiner
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0762106891 ISBN 13: 9780762106899
Publisher: Readers Digest, 2005

Synopsis

Features a detailed account of the creation of the Titanic, telling the story of how the ship was designed and constructed and why its legend continues to fascinate.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Reviews

It took two years to design and three years to build the Titanic before it sailed on its maiden voyage from Southampton, heading for New York in 1912. Much has been written about its sinking; Green offers a detailed account of its design and construction. It was the most modern ship afloat, with radios, electric lighting, elevators, a gymnasium, and a swimming pool. Green writes that the vessel was built using basic techniques that had changed little since the construction of the first iron-hulled ships more than 50 years earlier, even though the Titanic was 10 times the size of the early ships, and that its safety features were woefully inadequate. Green offers details on such subjects as who built the Titanic, its delayed departure and sea trials, and what was to be its Atlantic crossing. The book, with more than 100 photographs and illustrations, is a meticulous account of the ship's construction. George Cohen
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Readers Digest
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0762106891
ISBN 13 
9780762106899
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
160
Rating
  • 3.92 out of 5 stars
    59 ratings by Goodreads