The Titanic Disaster
New York : Children's Press, 2011.
Format: Book
Description: 48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Describes the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic, a luxury liner claimed to be "unsinkable" that was destroyed after colliding with an iceberg, killing over one thousand passengers onboard.
Series: True book.
Contents:
Luxury liner : what kind of luxuries did Titanic passengers enjoy? -- The voyage : how did the ship's crew keep watch for icebergs? -- The collision : how did passengers react when the ship hit the iceberg? -- The big truth : R.M.S. Titanic, crown jewel of the White Star Line : what did the White Star Line do to grab attention? -- Women and children first : why did most of the lifeboats leave when they still had room for more people? -- The mystery ship : what ship is believed to have ignored the Titanic's alert flares? -- The rescue : what ship rescued the survivors of the Titanic? -- Finding the Titanic : what explorer led the expedition that discovered the Titanic wreck?
Subjects:
Titanic (Steamship) -- Juvenile literature.
Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Titanic (Steamship) -- Juvenile literature.
Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: 890L
ISBN:
0531206270
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C HISTORY Disaster Ben | Ballentine Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 44-45) and index.