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All Stations! Distress!

April 15, 1912

By Brown, Don

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THE "UNSINKABLE" MEETS THE UNTHINKABLE -- A gripping acount of the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic. It took 4,000 men to build it, 23 tons of animal grease to slide it into the ocean, 100,000 people to wave bon voyage, but only one wrong move to tear the Titanic apart, sinking it into the pages of history. On a cold moonless night in April of 1912, 2,000 passengers--both the uber-rich enjoying a luxury cruise and the dirt-poor hoping to find a new life in America--struggled to survive. Only 700 suceeded. Lifeboats were launched half-full; women were forced to leave their husbands and sons behind; and even those who made it out alive were forever haunted, constantly wondering "why me?" Told through captivating prose and chilling first-hand accounts, Don Brown take the pieces of the broken Titanic and gives it such a vivid shape that you'd swear you've never heard the story before.

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ISBN
978-1-59643-222-2
Publisher
Flash Point Roaring Brook


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on November 1, 2008

Gr 3-5 On the title-page spread, a "Titanic" crew member confides that "God himself could not sink this ship!" preparing readers for the well-known fate of the "unsinkable" steamer. A combination of poor choices and bad luck dogged the "Titanic" on its maiden voyage from England to New York, and controversy remains about its design, its speed in the iceberg-laden Nort...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on September 1, 2008

The Titanic is everybody's favorite disaster. Hollywood has sunk it time and again and raised it at least once. More to the point, young people who couldn't tell you when World War I was, or why, can reel off the ship's stats. While the Titanic would hardly be a tug against the hull of today's mighty Queen Mary II, it looms ever larger in myth as we sail nearer its centennial year...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Starred Review on January 1, 2008

Brown recounts the complicated, compact last moments of the <i>Titanic</i>'s only voyage. The glory of the book is i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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