Award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson pieces together the harrowing,
tragic story of the TITANIC in this Sibert Honor volume. Now in
paperback!
In this award-winning book, critically acclaimed author Deborah
Hopkinson weaves together the voices and stories of real TITANIC
survivors and witnesses to the disaster -- from the stewardess Violet
Jessop to Captain Arthur Rostron of the CARPATHIA, who came to the
rescue of the sinking ship. Packed with heartstopping action,
devastating drama, fascinating historical details, loads of archival
photographs on almost every page, quotes from primary sources, and
painstaking back matter, this gripping story, which follows the TITANIC
and its passengers from the ship's celebrated launch at Belfast to her
cataclysmic icy end, is sure to thrill and move readers.