The Titanic for dummies - Stephen J. Spignesi

Learn:

• The truth about life onboard, for every passenger class


• Little–known details about fateful decisions made during her maiden voyage


• Possible answers to enduring mysteries from how the ship split in half, to Captain Smith's final words


• How the ship was discovered after more than seven decades of searching

An all–encompassing exploration of the
Titanic

Are you fascinated by the
Titanic? The Titanic For Dummies
covers every aspect of the subject, including how she was built, what life was like onboard during her maiden voyage, tragic decisions made on that fateful night, the discovery of the wreck, and all of the controversies surrounding one of the worst maritime disasters of all time.

• The faces behind the legend
  
  meet the larger–than–life people who designed, sailed on, crewed, and survived the
  Titanic
  sinking


• Tragedy at sea
  
  find out what happened on the night and early morning of April 14–15, 1912, when the
  Titanic
  sank and those lucky enough to find a place on a lifeboat waited to be rescued


• Enduring Titanic mysteries
  
  investigate different theories as to what caused the
  Titanic's
  demise and find out why the tragedy has kept conspiracy theorists busy for a century


• An ongoing quest for recovery
  
  explore what it took to find the
  Titanic
  wreckage and why efforts to retrieve the ship's artifacts are such a source of controversy

Open the book and find:

• Why the
  Titanic
  has captured the public's imagination


• How the ship came to be financed, built, and launched


• What it was like to be a passenger, of every class


• Firsthand accounts of the terrible night


• The rescue efforts and the search for survivors


• Some of the first newspaper accounts of the tragedy


• Amazing artifacts salvaged from the ship's debris