The Truth about the Titanic


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(4.7 stars; 13 reviews)

Colonel Archibald Gracie was the first survivor of the sinking of the Titanic to die, and this first-hand account was published posthumously. He attempts to dispel some of the rumors surrounding the tragic event and gives his personal observations and an account of his survival clinging to the hull of an overturned collapsible lifeboat after helping many others to escape safely. A large portion of the book is given to personal accounts of other survivors from both the American and British boards of inquiry, boat by boat. - Summary by Larry Wilson (8 hr 29 min)

Chapters

The Last Day Aboard Ship 17:08 Read by Piotr Nater
Struck By an Iceberg - Part 1 19:03 Read by Marie Christian
Struck By an Iceberg - Part 2 16:33 Read by Marie Christian
Struck By an Iceberg - Part 3 17:33 Read by Marie Christian
The Foundering of the “Titanic” 38:18 Read by fred
Struggling in the Water for Life - Part1 16:12 Read by Marie Christian
Struggling in the Water for Life - Part2 17:18 Read by Marie Christian
All Night on Bottom of Half-Submerged Upturned Boat - Part 1 19:36 Read by docdlmartin
All Night on Bottom of Half-Submerged Upturned Boat - Part 2 21:13 Read by docdlmartin
The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 1 24:02 Read by roselbex
The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 2 16:59 Read by roselbex
The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 3 20:21 Read by roselbex
The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 4 17:44 Read by Marie Christian
The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 5 22:10 Read by TR Love
The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 6 26:55 Read by TR Love
The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 7 14:35 Read by docdlmartin
The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 8 22:24 Read by docdlmartin
Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 1 15:45 Read by Kerry Adams
Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 2 21:56 Read by roselbex
Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 3 21:56 Read by TR Love
Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 4 25:09 Read by TR Love
Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 5 26:13 Read by roselbex
Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 6 22:09 Read by roselbex
Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 7 20:01 Read by roselbex
Concluding Note 8:25 Read by Larry Wilson

Reviews

The rest of the story


(4 stars)

Interesting, but some weird readers

Engrossing and Enlghtening


(5 stars)

Engrossing and enlightening factual account of the Titanic disaster from the perspective of a socially prominent passenger who narrowly escaped death by climbing onto an overturned lifeboat. Survivor Archibald Gracie’s supplements his impeccably detailed personal account with corroborated accounts from other witnesses and ship records. An invaluable resource on the event and fascinating, moving, story. The readers are all clear and capable, allowing the author’s words to come through as intended.


(5 stars)

Might just be me but the first couple of chapters repeat the first chapter.? Thought it was stuck on a loop. Kept thinking I have heard this bit before.

So glad to find this audio book


(5 stars)

I enjoyed that this book contains the account of the Titanic. I enjoyed it.