A remarkable first hand account of surviving the sinking of the Titanic, the book was written in 1912 by Colonel Archibald Gracie, a first class survivor of the sinking. What is so great about the book is that the Colonel traced his action on that infamous cold night but also of others. The language is simple, and direct, this blog bought the book on Boxing Day and so far has read 92 pages, it is a page turner. Colonel Gracie to his last breath; the suffering of that night lead to his death in December of 1912; followed the US and UK investigations of the sinking, and talked to surviving crew and passengers, thus his book gives the reader an insight in to the actions of people on the ship that even this blog didn’t know about, and this blog counts the Titanic as a hobby. The biggest mistake in the book that this blog has found is the fact Colonel Gracie didn’t think that the Titanic split in two, but to be fair, he was underwater and swimming to save his life, when he came up the Ship has gone. The truth about the split only came known when the wreck of the Titanic was found, before that even this blog thought she would be found intact and with her watertight compartments could even be bought up. This book should have been made in to Film or TV mini series, its that good folks. Thank goodness Colonel Gracie was such a good writer. It should be noted that the Colonel did stress the actions of 1st Class passengers, third class hardly gets a look in so far of reading. But considering it was written in 1912, its an excellent analytical account of the sinking, a worthy read in 2012, a hundred years since the sinking.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Titanic, A Survivor’s Story
A remarkable first hand account of surviving the sinking of the Titanic, the book was written in 1912 by Colonel Archibald Gracie, a first class survivor of the sinking. What is so great about the book is that the Colonel traced his action on that infamous cold night but also of others. The language is simple, and direct, this blog bought the book on Boxing Day and so far has read 92 pages, it is a page turner. Colonel Gracie to his last breath; the suffering of that night lead to his death in December of 1912; followed the US and UK investigations of the sinking, and talked to surviving crew and passengers, thus his book gives the reader an insight in to the actions of people on the ship that even this blog didn’t know about, and this blog counts the Titanic as a hobby. The biggest mistake in the book that this blog has found is the fact Colonel Gracie didn’t think that the Titanic split in two, but to be fair, he was underwater and swimming to save his life, when he came up the Ship has gone. The truth about the split only came known when the wreck of the Titanic was found, before that even this blog thought she would be found intact and with her watertight compartments could even be bought up. This book should have been made in to Film or TV mini series, its that good folks. Thank goodness Colonel Gracie was such a good writer. It should be noted that the Colonel did stress the actions of 1st Class passengers, third class hardly gets a look in so far of reading. But considering it was written in 1912, its an excellent analytical account of the sinking, a worthy read in 2012, a hundred years since the sinking.
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