Eyewitness to Titanic: From Building the Great Ship to the Search for Its Watery Grave

by Terri Dougherty, Sean Price, Sean McCollum

Overview

View the story of the doomed ship Titanic through the eyes of those who knew it best. Builders, crew members, passengers, and explorers who discovered the wreck each have their own perspectives. Feel the pride of builders as they put the final touches on the grand staircase and the deep sadness of survivors who left loved ones behind. It’s the story of the Titanic like you’ve never heard it before.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781623701314
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	650,313
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

About the Author

Sean Stewart Price has written more than 50 books for children and teenagers, and his biography "Front Page Lives: Benazir Bhutto" garnered a starred review from Booklist. He has edited nine books for teachers and contributed to numerous text books and reference works. A former managing editor of "Junior Scholastic" magazine in New York, Price has written articles for publications such as "National Geographic Kids" and "The New York Times Upfront". He lives with his family in Alabama.

Award-winning author Sean McCollum has written more than 30 nonfiction books and hundreds of articles for children and teens. Currently living in the United States Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, he has sailed on ships big and small, and always checks where the lifeboats are stowed.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Glimpsing Titanic 4

Chapter 1 Building Titanic 6

Chapter 2 Titanic Crew 42

Chapter 3 Passengers of the Titanic 84

Chapter 4 The Search for Titanic 126

Index 160