''Unsinkable'': the full story of the RMS Titanic [Da Capo Press pbk. ed] 9780306821035, 0306821036

Table of contents :
ABOUT THE 2012 EDITION ix
FOREWORD TO THE 2012 EDITION xi
INTRODUCTION 1
PROLOGUE 5
CHAPTER 1 GENESIS 7
CHAPTER 2 SAILING DAY 27
CHAPTER 3 MAIDEN VOYAGE 49
CHAPTER 4 TEN SECONDS 71
CHAPTER 5 A SLOW COMPREHENSION 83
CHAPTER 6 PARTINGS AND FAREWELLS 105
CHAPTER 7 DESPERATE EXODUS 123
CHAPTER 8 "SHE'S GONE!" 135
CHAPTER 9 THE LONELY SEA 151
CHAPTER 10 WATCHING EIGHT WHITE ROCKETS 171
CHAPTER 11 HOMECOMING 179
CHAPTER 12 INQUESTS AND JUDGMENTS 191
CHAPTER 13 REQUIEM 211
CHAPTER 14 RESURRECTION 221
CHAPTER 15 REVELATION 235
EPILOGUE 245.

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