A Night to Remember
 

A Night to Remember

by Walter Lord, Nathaniel Philbrick

James Cameron's 1997 Titanic movie is a smash hit, but Walter Lord's 1955 classic remains in some ways unsurpassed. Lord interviewed scores of Titanic passengers, fashioning a gripping you-are-there account of the ship's sinking that you can read in half the time it takes to see the film. The book boasts many perfect movie moments not found in Cameron's film. When the ship hits the berg, ... (read more)

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sthurner
  • Rated 5 stars

My husband recommended this book to me when I was searching for a non-fiction title to use with eight grades students. I read it loved it, ordered it, and lucky day, Ballard found the actual ship. Since then I've read all sorts of book about the Titanic, but this is the one that started it all for me. I was gripped by all the information about the ship and its builders, crew and cargo. But the stories of the people who died are what really stayed with me.

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Andrea G
  • Rated 1 stars

Eh. Okay. Not too much development. (I know it is an easy reader book, but well, I still wasn't impressed with it when I was reading it as an easy reader...)

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  • Rated 3.853658 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
 

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  • Rena M

    rena m said:

    There are just too many lessons learned from that night to ever forget it. I have researched Titanic for more than ten years.

    posted Friday, February 15 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • jerry-book

    jerry-book said:

    My wife and I have read all the books on the Titanic. As a lawyer, it always struck me that the survivors and their dependents were unable to recover anything from the White Star Line even though they clearly did not have enough lifeboats. Also, the Captain was negligent in taking the Titanic through iceberg waters at a high speed without proper lookouts. Nowadays, the the result in courts would have been very different.

    posted Thursday, February 14 2008
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