Titanic - by Colonel Archibald Gracie & John B Thayer (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The sinking of the S.S. Titanic, first published in 1940"--T.p. verso.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Two survivors' accounts of the sinking of the <i>Titanic</i>. The information contained in Colonel Gracie's story is available from no other source. He provides details of the final moments, including names of passengers pulled from the ocean and of those men who, in a panic, jumped into lifeboats as they were being lowered. Walter Lord, author of <i>A Night to Remember</i>, calls Gracie an indefatigable detective. John Thayer was, like Gracie, one of the last to leave the ship. His account, <i>The Sinking of the S.S. Titanic</i>, is meticulously detailed. The sinking of the <i>Titanic</i> was, in his eyes, a symbol of the end of the world that he knew, and the beginning of a frightening new era.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Colonel Archibald Gracie IV</b> was an American writer, real estate investor, and survivor of the sinking of the <i>Titanic</i>. Gracie was a member of the prominent Gracie family, which had built the famed Gracie Mansion, currently the residence of the mayor of New York City. He wrote two books, <i>The Truth About Chickamauga</i> and <i>The Truth About the Titanic</i>, a detailed account of the sinking from a survivor's perspective. Gracie's health suffered as a result of the ordeal, and he passed away less than eight months later, his dying words being We must get them all into the boats. <b>John B.Thayer</b> was 17 at the time he escaped from death in the sinking of the Titanic.
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