Titanic A Survivor Story (Audible Audio Edition) Colonel Archibald Gracie Frederick Davidson Inc Blackstone Audio Books
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It was one of the most traumatic events in maritime history, and Archibald Gracie was probably among the last to leave the sinking Titanic on that cold April night in 1912. In this unique account, he describes his personal experiences and remarkable escape from death in the icy waters of the Atlantic, painting a vivid picture of what it was like on board the Titanic in its final hours.
Tracking down other survivors for their stories and attending court hearings to obtain the official record, Colonel Gracie filled in the details of his account, struggling to complete it in spite of illness. Largely due to the effects of his ordeal and exposure in the frigid Atlantic, he finally succumbed on December 4, 1912. His book was published in 1913 to universal acclaim and remains one of the most vivid first-hand accounts of the disaster.
Titanic A Survivor Story (Audible Audio Edition) Colonel Archibald Gracie Frederick Davidson Inc Blackstone Audio Books
This is truly a must read book for anyone interested in what happened the night that Titanic sank. Archibald Gracie gives a detailed eye witness account of what took place as crew members worked frantically to get passengers into life boats. Through his words you can see every thing that he describes along with the sense of survival that many passengers and crew members had. Gracie took the time to find out all that he could about those that he helped off the ship and those that did not make it. Then when he describes his experiecne with life and death as he struggles to get off the ship and onto a life boat is amazing. You feel his saddnes when he loses his best friend, and when he describes the horrors of being on a boat and listening to the cries of those who are left struggling in the water. His emotions pour out onto the page as he talks about the inquiries and the thoughts of those that could have been saved if things were done differently. This is one of the best eye witness accounts that I have read so far.John Thayer's story is one of great saddness during a time of great struggle. He was on board the Titanic with his family when the ship began her desent to the ocean floor. He tried to keep up with his family only to be seperated from them as they moved towards the life boats. John tried desperatly to find his father but was unable to as he struggled to get off the ship. You can hear the saddness in his words as he talks about the experience and having to see his mother on board Carpathia and learning that his father did not make it. Sometimes it makes you wonder if maybe he too should have perished with his father. He survived by getting up with Archibald Gracie and climbing onto the same upside down life boat that Gracie himself was on trying to survive.
Both sections of the book gives remarkable eye witness accounts to one of history's tragic events. Neither seciton is filled with happiness, but with the saddness that something like this could tear families apart and test one's desire for survival. You feel the cold that each one felt as they stood on top of an over turned life boat in wet clothes, and then the warmth that is felt when they are cared for by complete strangers on Carpathia. Archibald Gracie did not live long after the sinking of the Titanic while John Thayer lived on to witness another disasterious sinking of another cruise ship. Both men put all of their emotions onto paper in hopes of helping them cope with the disaster. John Thayer's account was written strictly for his family and contains very little details of events that did not involve his family. Archibald Gracie went out to seek the truth and to tell his side of story with the help of other survivors. Both men should be remembered for their heroic deeds that they performed that night, for each one put their life on the line to save others. This is truly an eye opening account of a tragic event in history.
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Titanic A Survivor Story (Audible Audio Edition) Colonel Archibald Gracie Frederick Davidson Inc Blackstone Audio Books Reviews
THIS BOOK IS BOTH HISTORICALLY CORRECT AND TRULY BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN. I AM PLEASANTLY ENJOYING THE ELEGANCE AND ELOQUENCE OF HIS WRITING ABOUT THIS HISTORICAL TRAGEDY.
We finally get to read Jack Thayer's account. Indispensable!
Written from a more "factual" angle, this was perhaps the least favorite of my maritime disaster readings a few years ago. It still afforded perspectives which are virtually untold.
I have read two survivors' accounts of the sinking and each corroborates the accounts. The accounts of the sinking give a more realistic impression than the movies' hysteria-hype. Evidently the passengers did not panic and met the inevitable with grace and dignity.
As the title of my review indicates, Gracie and Thayer's accounts of the Titanic's fateful voyage are vivid, first hand accounts of what it was like for those who faced death and lived to tell about.
Extremely interesting and came in very good condition. Still working on reading all the way through it.
I've read and watched a great deal of factual material about Titanic over the years, but I had not known about Col. Gracie's book prior to seeing it advertised by . So much information is out there already that the book doesn't really add new facts, but it gives perspective to the perceptions of a survivor, written very soon after the event. It refers to the controversial idea, which arose even then and was a matter of debate for several years, that the ship broke in two as it sank. Gracie makes it clear that he was First Class, to the extent of virtually ignoring the plight and suffering of those hundreds of lower class passengers that he couldn't see- or didn't want to see or hear. I got a little impatient at the descriptions of which First Class passengers were in which lifeboats, but that was obviously of great importance to him. I rate the book as an interesting historical artifact, this one found on the surface rather than submerged at the bottom of the sea.
This is truly a must read book for anyone interested in what happened the night that Titanic sank. Archibald Gracie gives a detailed eye witness account of what took place as crew members worked frantically to get passengers into life boats. Through his words you can see every thing that he describes along with the sense of survival that many passengers and crew members had. Gracie took the time to find out all that he could about those that he helped off the ship and those that did not make it. Then when he describes his experiecne with life and death as he struggles to get off the ship and onto a life boat is amazing. You feel his saddnes when he loses his best friend, and when he describes the horrors of being on a boat and listening to the cries of those who are left struggling in the water. His emotions pour out onto the page as he talks about the inquiries and the thoughts of those that could have been saved if things were done differently. This is one of the best eye witness accounts that I have read so far.
John Thayer's story is one of great saddness during a time of great struggle. He was on board the Titanic with his family when the ship began her desent to the ocean floor. He tried to keep up with his family only to be seperated from them as they moved towards the life boats. John tried desperatly to find his father but was unable to as he struggled to get off the ship. You can hear the saddness in his words as he talks about the experience and having to see his mother on board Carpathia and learning that his father did not make it. Sometimes it makes you wonder if maybe he too should have perished with his father. He survived by getting up with Archibald Gracie and climbing onto the same upside down life boat that Gracie himself was on trying to survive.
Both sections of the book gives remarkable eye witness accounts to one of history's tragic events. Neither seciton is filled with happiness, but with the saddness that something like this could tear families apart and test one's desire for survival. You feel the cold that each one felt as they stood on top of an over turned life boat in wet clothes, and then the warmth that is felt when they are cared for by complete strangers on Carpathia. Archibald Gracie did not live long after the sinking of the Titanic while John Thayer lived on to witness another disasterious sinking of another cruise ship. Both men put all of their emotions onto paper in hopes of helping them cope with the disaster. John Thayer's account was written strictly for his family and contains very little details of events that did not involve his family. Archibald Gracie went out to seek the truth and to tell his side of story with the help of other survivors. Both men should be remembered for their heroic deeds that they performed that night, for each one put their life on the line to save others. This is truly an eye opening account of a tragic event in history.
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