The Loss Of The S.S. Titanic, The by Lawrence Beesley

The Loss Of The S.S. Titanic, The by Lawrence Beesley

First published in 1912, just two short months after the sinking of the TITANIC, this hauntingly immediate account opens with Lawrence Beesley's story of arriving onshore and soon after walking through the doors of Messrs. Houghton and Mifflin to tell his tale. THE LOSS OF THE S.S. TITANIC represents Beesley's attempt not just to record the events of the sinking but to set the record straight. In so doing, he captures both the majesty and the tragedy of this legendary voyage -- the view from the lifeboat as well as that from the deck. Full of wonderful nautical detail and written with a hair-raising clarity, THE LOSS OF THE S.S. TITANIC is an altogether spellbinding tale of that fateful night -- one you won't soon forget.

LAWRENCE BEESLEY (1877 - 1967) was a Titanic survivor who worked as a science teacher, journalist, and author. He was born in the Derbyshire town of Wirksworth. Beesley's book about the accident, which came released only nine weeks after the disaster, was a major hit. Beesley famously gate crashed the set during the sinking sequence in A Night to Remember, hoping to 'go down with the ship' that time. Nevertheless, owing to actor's union rules, the director saw him and vetoed his unscheduled appearance.

Lawrence Beesley's grandson, NICHOLAS WADE, has contributed a additional prologue to this version as well as new illustrations from the family archives. He is a scientific correspondent for the New York Times, and he recalls his grandfather telling him amazing stories about the Titanic's battle for survival. He resides in the state of New Jersey, in the United States of America.