~~A NIGHT TO REMEMBER~~......( WALTER LORD ) 1956 First publish in this edition
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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
In 1898 a struggling author named Morgan Roberson concocted a novel about a fabulous Atlantic liner, far larger than any that had ever been built. Robertson loaded his ship with rich and complacent people and then wrecked it on cold April night on an iceberg. This somehow showed the futility of everything, and in fact, the book was called Futility when it appeared that year, published by the firm of M. F. Mansfield.
Fourteen years later a British shipping company named the White Star Line built a steamer remarkably like the one in Robertson's novel. The new liner was 66,000 tons displacement; Robertson's was 70,000 tons. The real ship was 882-5 feet long; the fictional one was 800 feet. Both vessels were triple screw and could make 24-25 knots. Both could carry about 3000 people, and both had enough lifeboats for only a fraction of this number.
But, then, this didn't seem to matter because both were labelled '' unsinkable.'' On April 10, 1912, the real ship left Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York. Her cargo included a priceless copy of The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam and a list of passangers collectively worth 250 million dollars. On her way over she too struck an iceberg and went down on a cold April night. Roberson called his ship the Titan; the White Star Line called its ship the Titanic. This is the story of her last night.
BOOK DETAILS:
A night to remember by Walter Lord, First published in this edition 1956. /// Hard cover book with no jacket. /// Book has 187 pages. Index on the last pages, with the Passenger List. /// Spine has minor bump marks on the top and bottom corners with minor tear marks.
POSTAGE R45-00
