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The Truth about the Titanic

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(4,708 Sterne; 12 Bewertungen)

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

Bewertungen

The rest of the story

(4 Sterne)

Interesting, but some weird readers

Engrossing and Enlghtening

(5 Sterne)

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 Sterne)

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 Sterne)

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