Farewell, Titanic (eBook)

Her Final Legacy

Charles Pellegrino (Autor)

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2012
320 Seiten
Turner Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-1-118-19129-3 (ISBN)

Infos

On the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking, a prominent Titanic researcher offers a final chance to see the ship before it disappears forever The Titanic was the biggest, most luxurious passenger ship the world had ever seen; the ads proclaimed it to be unsinkable. When it sank in April 1912 after hitting an iceberg, killing more than 1,500 people, the world was forever changed and the public has been spellbound ever since. Now, a century later, the Titanic is about to disappear again: its infrastructure is set to collapse in the next few years. In this book, scientist Charles Pellegrino offers what may be the last opportunity to see the ship before it is lost to the seas for eternity. The last book to be written while survivors were still alive and able to contribute details, Farewell, Titanic includes many untold stories about the sinking and exploration of the unsinkable ship. Author Charles Pellegrino provided source material for James Cameron's Oscar-winning Titanic film, which is being re-released in 3D at the same time as the book Includes 16 pages of never-before-published full-color photographs of the sunken vessel Includes all-new information about the Titanic research that has been carried out in the last decade Written by a New York Times bestselling author who participated in the post-discovery analysis of the Titanic's remains during the expedition that immediately followed Robert Ballard's Titanic discovery in 1985

Autor

Charles Pellegrino is a scientist who has been involved in Titanic research for decades, since shortly after Robert Ballard discovered the remains of the luxury vessel in the 1980s. Pellegrino wrote the New York Times bestseller Her Name, Titanic about the ship and its discovery. His second book about the Titanic, Ghosts of the Titanic, was published in 2000. Pellegrino has worked with both Ballard and director James Cameron and provided some of the source material for Cameron’s Oscar-winning movie Titanic.

Inhalt

Foreword by Tom Dettweiler ixPreface xiiiAcknowledgments xvii1. Convergence 12. Far from Okay 123. A Slight Trepidation 204. Night of the Lightning Dolphins 325. Trinity 386. Of Nature, Not above It 517. The Cascade Point 588. Everything Was against Us 729. Stalking the Nightmare 7610. Points of Departure 8611. The Geometry of Shadows 9912. How Much Does Darkness Weigh? 11213. The 46th Psalm 11514. The Truth about William Murdoch 12715. To Dream on the Ship of Sorrows 13316. Falling Stars 14017. Movements of Fire and Ice 14918. Frailty 15219. A Crevice in Time 16920. Dark Circle 17921. Explorers, Graves, and Lovers 19322. Terminal Velocity 21323. Laying the Music to Rest 21824. A Fury Scorned 22525. Sleeping in Light 22826. Coming Home to Shock Cocoons 23127. The Long Night of Ellen Betty Phillips 23428. The Thieving Magpies 24129. Monsters Down There 24530. Ghosts of the Abyss 25531. Persevering 26132. Destination Unknown 264Notes 282Index 323

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.1.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
• Schlagworte: Charles Pellegrino • European history.U.S. history • famous accidents • famous shipwrecks • historical photography • James Cameron • luxury passenger ships • photos and illustrations • Ship History • shipwreck history • sunken ship expeditions • The Titanic • Travel History • World History
• ISBN-10: 1-118-19129-3 / 1118191293
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-19129-3 / 9781118191293