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Of all the families that boarded the doomed ocean liner Titanic in 1912, only one-fourth arrived safely in New York together. Albert and Sylvia Caldwell and their ten-month old son, Alden, were one of those rare families. They were idealistic young Presbyterian missionaries from the American midwest and had set out for Siam (Thailand) in 1909. But Sylvia got sick and they left Siam for England. They were returning to New York on the Titanic.

The Andrea Gail put to sea to do what she always did---search for the best spot to fish. Unfortunately, nature chose the same time frame to send two storm systems which collided in the same place as the boat. The six-man crew on the Andrea Gail are now well known, thanks to the movie. None of them, or their boat, survived the storm. This book is filled with facts about their lives and ordeal and contains no made-up dialogue. The author interviewed men who had survived storms at sea to get a feeling of what actually happens to a crew when there is a dangerous storm.

On April 15, 1912, the HMS Titanic sank, killing 1,517 people and leaving the rest in boats and clinging to debris in the frozen waters of the North Atlantic awaiting rescue. Here, historian Nick Barratt provides the definitive narrative of the disaster in the words of those who were involved.

Discusses the Titanic from its building and launching in 1912 to the discovery of the wreck in 1985. Includes current photographs of the wreck and some never before published ones from 1912.

A cultural analysis of the Titanic disaster, discussing how the sinking of the ship became a whipping post for people's notions about technology, theology, commerce, politics, gender, race, and class.

Chronicles the British Navy's two-thousand-mile chase to sink the German battleship "Bismarck" in May 1941 after it sunk the British battleship, the HMS "Hood, " during the Battle of the Denmark Strait.

The most complete and up-to-date inofrmation the tradegy that captured the world's attention. Contains the answers to many questions asked over the years.