Titanic: Destination Disaster: Destination Disaster : the Legends and the Reality - Softcover

Eaton, John P.; Haas, Charles A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0850598680 ISBN 13: 9780850598681

Publisher: Haynes Publishing Group, 1987

Synopsis

The second edition of an illustrated insight into the Titanic disaster, originally published in 1987, which details dives down to the wreck, and discusses inter-continental struggles for salvage rights, with coverage of the controversial recovery, preservation and exhibition of artefacts.

About this title

About the Author

John Eaton was born, raised in Easton, Pennsylvania and educated at Lafayette College. He has written and lectured extensively on the Titanic and dived to the wreck two-and-a-half miles down. Based in the US, he was one of two  founders of the Titanic International Society (1989), a shipping history and research organization with members worldwide. He is a long time consultant and speaker for a number of Titanic related projects as well as apppearing on TV and radio as a featured guest.

Charles A. Haas was born in Queens, NY and has written and lectured extensively on the Titanic and dived to the wreck two-and-a-half miles down. Based in the US, he was one of two founders of the Titanic International Society (1989), a shipping history and research organization with members worldwide. He has been a consultant to many Titanic related documentaries and a guest lecturer at anumber of Titanic conventions.

From Publishers Weekly

The authors' opening chapters cover the Titanic's 1912 sinking after colliding with an iceberg. Then the narrative sails backward in time to log the ship's entire storyfrom construction and outfitting to trial runs, provisioning (with itemized lists of cutlery, foodstuffs and linen), booking of passengers, maiden voyage and the subsequent investigations and lawsuits. The final chapter elaborates on efforts to locate the Titanic, which were recently successful. While this tightly written, fact-filled account combines "new historical details" with past documentation and research, and succeeds on that level, the work is eclipsed by the 130 illustrations, which provide a step-by-step story in pictures of the liner's short life, including shots of the near-collision at Southampton with the New York, views of survivors in lifeboats approaching the Carpathia and pictures of the Woods Hole expedition.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Haynes Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0850598680
• ISBN 13: 9780850598681
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1