1887-1971

Text and illustrations introduce young readers to Violet Jessop who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic and the HMHS Britannic.

Violet Jessop, a stewardess on the Titanic, had the misfortune to be on two liners that sank and to survive both of these events. Her insights into the sinking of the Titanic in particular give historians a look at the disaster from the point of view of a crew member close to the passengers but not one of them. Violet Jessup never married and supported her mother. Her nieces kept her letters and personal mementos and were instrumental in the publication of this book.

Presents the memoirs of Violet Jessop, an ocean liner stewardess with the White Star Line who survived the sinking of the Titanic only to become a wartime nurse aboard the Britannic which also sank after hitting a mine.