Last Log of the Titanic

Name: Last Log of the Titanic
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ISBN: 9780071364478

ISBN-10: 0071364471

ISBN-13: 9780071364478

Edition: 2001

Authors: David G. Brown

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In the vast ocean of books written on the topic, The Last Log of the Titanic stands apart for one simple reason: it"s the only one to approach the disaster from a professional mariner"s point of view. Using expert knowledge from his lifetime of ship handling, David Brown has pieced together key first-hand accounts to create his version of the ship"s logbook and confront existing controversies surrounding the topic. (The real logbook remains untouched on the bottom of the North Atlantic.) He concludes that the ship did not in fact strike the iceberg; instead, it grounded on a protruding shelf below the waterline. Had the captain not insisted on forging ahead, countless lives might have been…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 10/3/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 234
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.20" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Introduction


Coal and Ice


Parallel Tracks


A Dark Mass


Cool Hand Murdoch


A Narrow Shave


Blind Faith


Steaming to Oblivion


Time for Us to Leave Her


A Shortage of Women


Fates of Key People


A Titan's Wake


Nautical Terms


Illustrations


Notes


Select Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index