Titanic- History of a disaster
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 01:40:48
On April 14,1912 a great ship called the Titanic sank on its
maiden voyage. That night there were many warnings of icebergs from
other ships. There seems to be a conflict on whether or not the
warnings reached the bridge. We may never know the answer to this
question. The greatest tragedy of all may be that there were not
enough lifeboats for everyone on board. According to Walter Lord,
author of The Night Lives On,
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ever occur again.
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Work Cited
Eaton, John P., and Charles A. Haas. Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy. New
York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1986. PP 152-184.
Pellegrino, Charles. Her Name Titanic. New York: McGraw-Hill
Publishing Company, 1988. PP 20-21.
Marcus, Geoffrey. The Maiden Voyage. New York: The Viking Press, 1969.
PP 35-128.
Lord, Walter. A Night To Remember. Mattituck: American House, 1955. PP
152-170.
Ward, Kaari, ed. Great Disasters. Pleasantville: The Reader's Digest
Association, Inc., 1989. PP 180-87.
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