The Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons

by Lawrence Beesley

Overview

This analytic, yet personal, account of the sinking of the Titanic by Lawrence Beelsely, scholar of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, provides a valuable complement to the American and British governmental inquiries and modern movies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781514173497
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	06/01/2015
Pages:	86
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.18(d)

About the Author

Lawrence Beesley (1878-1967) retired from his position as a science teacher in England when, at age thirty-four, he boarded the S.S. Titanic to go for a holiday in the States. He had been recently widowed and left at home his young son. His account of the epic disaster is widely regarded as one of the fairest and most comprehensive of its kind. Beesley was later portrayed in the classic Titanic film A NIGHT TO REMEMBER.