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Wade, Wyn Craig

The Titanic : end of a dream / Wyn Craig Wade - Rev. ed - xviii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Pilots of the purple twilight -- Midnight crossing -- Monster ship -- Bon voyage -- The backwash ashore -- Homecoming -- Journey's end -- The investigation -- A bobbing sort of a cuss -- The "Congressional Limited" -- The New York hearings (1) -- The New York hearings (2) -- Back in Washington -- Collision -- calumny -- Twenty boats and a quiet sea -- Dies irae -- "Pull for the shore, sailor" -- The "Californian" incident -- Corporate culpability -- Sea change -- " A new birth of vigilance" -- The American inquiry and the law -- End of a dream

An examination of the maiden voyage of the Titantic in 1912 which resulted in the deaths of 1522 people. Includes information from the Woods Hole expedition in 1985 which found and photographed the wreckage

ISBN: 0140166912 9780140166910

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Titanic (Steamship)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Shipwrecks--North Atlantic Ocean

LC Class. No.: G530.T6 / W32 1986

Dewey Class. No.: 909/.09631