Titanic: Voices From the Disaster (Scholastic Focus)

Download or read book Titanic: Voices From the Disaster (Scholastic Focus) written by Deborah Hopkinson and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critically acclaimed nonfiction author Deborah Hopkinson pieces together the story of the TITANIC and that fateful April night, drawing on the voices of survivors and archival photographs. In this award-winning book, critically acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson weaves together the voices and stories of real TITANIC survivors and witnesses to the disaster -- from the stewardess Violet Jessop to Captain Arthur Rostron of the CARPATHIA, who came to the rescue of the sinking ship. Packed with heartstopping action, devastating drama, fascinating historical details, loads of archival photographs on almost every page, quotes from primary sources, and painstaking back matter, this gripping story, which follows the TITANIC and its passengers from the ship's celebrated launch at Belfast to her cataclysmic icy end, is sure to thrill and move readers.