Voices from the Carpathia: Rescuing RMS Titanic (Voices from History) 1st softback printing in near fine condition

Behe, George

ISBN 10: 0750961899 / ISBN 13: 9780750961899

Published by The History Press, 2015

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Published by The History Press in 2015, here is the first softback prin ting of George Behe's Voices from the Carpathia: Rescuing RMS Titanic. Pictorial card covers, 321 pages, occasional illustrations the book is in near fine condition with some light staining/ finger marking to the extreme outsides of the pages edges.

Seller Inventory # 16789

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Voices from the Carpathia: Rescuing RMS Titanic (Voices from History) 1st softback printing in near fine condition
• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750961899
• ISBN 13: 9780750961899
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

When Titanic began sending out distress calls, one of the first to reply was the Cunard liner Carpathia. As it turned out, Carpathia was the only vessel to reach the scene in time to save the lives of any of Titanic’s passengers, and, after she arrived in New York, reporters crowded the pier and vied with each other to obtain interviews with the survivors of the disaster. In their zeal to interview survivors, though, the reporters brushed past other people who could have provided their own eyewitness accounts – namely, Carpathia’s own passengers, largely left to their own devices as to how and when they discussed their participation in events. A few wrote letters to relatives, others wrote accounts intended for publication. The author’s collection of these rare written accounts and interviews sheds new light on the tragic way the lives of so many were impacted by the loss of the largest passenger liner in the world.

About the Author

George Behe is a past vice president of the Titanic Historical Society. He acted as a consultant for several Titanic documentaries and books, and has written numerous articles about the ship for the Titanic Historical Society’s journal. He is the author of Titanic: Safety, Speed and Sacrifice and On Board RMS Titanic. He lives in Mt. Clemens, Michigan.