Bøker av Lawrence Beesley

Lawrence Beesley's book, "The Loss of the S. S. Titanic," provides a firsthand and heartbreaking account of the catastrophic sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. A survivor of the accident, Lawrence Beesley, contributes his personal experience and acute insights to this thorough tale, delivering a harrowing and sad viewpoint on one of history's most iconic maritime tragedies. Readers are transported to the ill-fated voyage through his words, feeling the growing tension and witnessing the turmoil that erupted as the ship met its fatal end. The author's scrupulous attention to detail, along with his own experience as a passenger on the ship, lends his descriptions an unrivaled realism. Beesley recounts the initial shock, the desperate search for lifeboats, and the indescribable anguish as the Titanic sank into the frigid waters of the North Atlantic.

The Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons, has been considered important throughout human history. In an effort to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to secure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for both current and future generations. This complete book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not scans of the authors' original publications, the text is readable and clear.

First published in 1912, just two short months after the sinking of the TITANIC, this hauntingly immediate account opens with Lawrence Beesley's story of arriving onshore and soon after walking through the doors of Messrs. Houghton and Mifflin to tell his tale. THE LOSS OF THE S.S. TITANIC represents Beesley's attempt not just to record the events of the sinking but to set the record straight. In so doing, he captures both the majesty and the tragedy of this legendary voyage -- the view from the lifeboat as well as that from the deck. Full of wonderful nautical detail and written with a hair-raising clarity, THE LOSS OF THE S.S. TITANIC is an altogether spellbinding tale of that fateful night -- one you won't soon forget.

In this dramatic real-life tale Lawrence Beesley tells first-hand what it was like to be on the Titanic as it plunged into the icy waters of the North Atlantic on that fateful night in April 1912. Beesley wrote this book and it was published just nine weeks after the disaster. Could the Titanic sinking have been averted? Was there a fundamental design flaw? Did Titanic break in two as it sank? Why did so many people die in the disaster? Its a story of what went wrong, of human endeavour and what lessons were learned. First published 1912 and now republished in 2010 by InfoTech Communications, UK.