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Title: Rescuing the Survivors of the RMS Titanic

Subtitle: The Recovery Efforts and the Aftermath of the Sinking

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: John Gagnepain

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-13-15

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

"We sighted the lights of the big steamer, the Carpathia. All the women got into a terrible commotion and jumped around. They were hallooing and the sailors were trying to keep them sitting down, and they would not do it. They were standing up all the time." (Daniel Buckley, a survivor of the Titanic)

Just before midnight on April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic, the largest ship in the world, hit an iceberg, setting in motion a chain of events that would ultimately make it history's most famous, and notorious, ship. In the over 100 years since it sank on its maiden voyage, the Titanic has been the subject of endless fascination, as evidenced by the efforts to find its final resting spot; the museums full of its objects; and the countless books, documentaries, and movies made about the doomed ocean liner. Thanks to the dramatization of the Titanic's sinking and the undying interest in the story, millions of people are familiar with various aspects of the ship's demise, and the nearly 1,500 people who died in the North Atlantic in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912. The sinking of the ship is still nearly as controversial now as it was over 100 years ago, and the drama is just as compelling.

The Titanic was neither the first nor last big ship to sink, so it's clear that much of its appeal stems from the nature of ship itself. Indeed, the Titanic stands out not just for its end but for its beginning, specifically the fact that it was the most luxurious passenger ship ever built at the time. In addition to the time it took to come up with the design, the giant ship took a full three years to build, and no effort or cost was spared to outfit the Titanic in the most lavish ways.

Members Reviews:

Very Informative

Short factual account of the ships involved in rescuing the Titanic survivors. Most interesting was the actions of the nearby ship Californian which heard the wireless, saw the flares, and as the Titanic crew watched, turned and sailed away. Later all the ships involved complained about this ship using the communication and messing up the disaster recovery. Most commendable were the actions of the Carpathian and its Captain who actually rescued the survivors.

My take

This book was written to provide a general overview of the recovery efforts of survivors and some of those who perished. No great detail but was an in interesting read of a terrible tragedy that could have been avoided.

I was somewhat disappointed in it

I felt there was a lot unsaid. It just seemed to skim the surface. I was somewhat disappointed in it.

Rescuing

How did they rescue the survivors of this tragedy? This books tells you what the rescue ships dealt with.

Five Stars

Very good look at what happened to the survivors. I enjoyed it very much.