A Night to Remember: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Sinking of the Titanic

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A Night to Remember was released by the Criterion Collection on DVD in May 1998. [56] Initial versions of the DVD omitted Lightoller finding the child to be dead and putting it in the water. A new DVD and a high-definition Blu-ray edition were released on 27 March 2012 to commemorate the centennial of the sinking. The 1958 movie adaption of this book is imo the best movie about the Titanic. I’d never read the book until now and it’s really good. Written in 1955, Walter Lord, interviewed many of the survivors and pieced together a minute by minute re-telling of what happened that fateful night. The book received widespread praise from contemporary critics. The New York Times called it "stunning ... one of the most exciting books of this or any other year". [6] The Atlantic Monthly praised the book for doing "a magnificent job of re-creative chronicling, enthralling from the first word to the last." [6] Entertainment Weekly said that it was "seamless and skillful... it's clear why this is many a researcher's Titanic bible", while USA Today described it as "the most riveting narrative of the disaster." [6] Enjoyed this greatly. I especially enjoyed Lord's analysis of the class snobbery and attitudes of the time that led to a higher percentage of deaths among the third-class passengers vs. the first and second classes, and the media's disinterest at the time to hearing the stories of the common people in preference to the Astors and the other robber-baron types. On the other hand, he is fair, and gives credit to almost everyone for having class and dignity. I hesitate to call Lord's treatment of the issues "socially conscious," I just think he was trying to be more "fair and balanced" as a historian than other writers had been previously.

James Cameron no solo se basó en este libro para su película, sino que contó con Walter Lord como asesor histórico… motivo por el cual gran número de anécdotas reales que aparecen en el libro las recordarás perfectamente de verlas reflejadas en la película. Frank Lawton, who plays J. Bruce Ismay, previously starred in 1933's Cavalcade, which also prominently featured the Titanic. I'm fascinated with the events of the Titanic so I will essentially read any book involving it. That was the case with this book.

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Heyer, Paul (2012). Titanic Century: Media, Myth, and the Making of a Cultural Icon. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-39815-5.

Walter Lord had been very interested in the sinking of the RMS Titanic since he was child and wrote A Night to Remember while working as a copy editor at a New York ad agency. Lord interviewed over sixty survivors of the sinking and described in detail the events leading up to the Titanic striking the iceberg, the sinking and the rescue by the RMS Carpathia. The book also includes facts about the Titanic, a list of passengers with those that survived in italics and other information.

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Lord is also a strong writer, which allows him to maintain the integrity of the personal observations of the survivors, while still delivering an exciting narrative. (It should be noted that Lord interviewed 63 survivors for A Night to Remember, and his letters with these men and women have become an important source for later Titanic historians). Leyendo este libro, no he podido dejar de acordarme de una de mis series favoritas, “Downton Abbey”. Ahí se nos presenta a unos criados que están muy cómodos en su papel de servir a una familia rica y dueña de una impresionante mansión, y que sienten por ellos un cariño que va más allá de lo meramente laboral. Nunca(o muy pocas veces) se cuestionan lo injusto que es que sus señores tengan más riquezas y bienes por simple derecho de nacimiento, o que sus propios trabajos puedan llegar a ser duros , malpagados e ingratos. Todo se reduce a que ellos son sus señores, y a que estos les tratan con amabilidad y se preocupan por ellos, hay cierta cercanía entre ambos grupos dentro de los limites sociales. Todo este montaje se presenta bajo una pátina de idealismo que puede resultar edulcorada y bien intencionada. Pero leyendo este libro uno se da cuenta que los criterios sociales e ideológicos del momento eran realmente así, las pautas estaban marcadas de esa forma. De hecho, los acontecimientos de “Downton Abbey” se desencadenan a raíz de una muerte en el Titanic. Por algo sería ¿no? Over 1,500 people died in the sinking of the Titanic. The 'unsinkable' ship lies 3,800 meters under the North Atlantic Ocean. A scientist from James Cameron's documentary Ghosts of the Abyss referred to the sinking as a Greek tragedy. I couldn't agree more. It is a tragedy that should never have happened. The production was a major hit, attracting 28 million viewers, and greatly boosted the book's sales. [14] It was rerun on kinescope on 2 May 1956, five weeks after its first broadcast. [13] [18] Development [ edit ] Lord delivers a riveting account of a tragedy that symbolized the end of an age. The Titanic, the grandest of luxury liners, heedlessly speeds forward into the night as the wealthy elite indulge. They meet their destiny in the elemental forces. The Titanic’s demise eerily foreshadows the profound changes coming as the world soon unravels in the Great War. The prevailing confidence that man can control nature and his fate is shattered. A far more uncertain world is revealed.

When I was about 15, I was completely obsessed with the Titanic (yep, that's the year the movie came out!), and I brought every book I could find about it. And at the time, hyping up the movie, there was a lot of books available. Lo que más me ha gustado es lo meticuloso del trabajo de documentación del autor, lo cual permite revisitar un acontecimiento que todos conocemos casi a la perfección, pero prestando atención a los detalles. Y es ahí donde más lo disfruté. Una de las cosas que más me sobrecogió fue el papel decisivo que la servidumbre tuvo para salvar a sus empleadores, ya que los pasajeros de primera clase no eran capaces de ver el peligro hasta que se hizo evidente. A Night to Remember is novelistic in its presentation, eschewing analysis and debate. For instance, rather than engage in a discussion about the band's final song, Lord simply chooses the Episcopal hymn Autumn, instead of Nearer My God To Thee. If you desire to know why Lord made that choice, you can read his follow up The Night Lives On, which is an in-depth treatment of a number of fascinating (if ultimately meaningless) questions (including First Officer William Murdoch's alleged suicide, an event blithely passed off as gospel in Cameron's Titanic, much to the chagrin of Murdoch's surviving relatives). Barnes, Julian (2010). A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. London: Random House. ISBN 978-1-4090-8865-3.Sure, it was nice having the beautiful liner, with her sleek lines and awesome symmetry, once again dominating the world. The downside, though, was steep. Now, anyone who's ever been interested in the subject must contend with sideways glances from people who assume your curiosity was piqued by the teenage-catnip pairing of a young Kate Winslet and a young Leonardo DiCaprio “flying” on Titanic’s prow.

Fitch, Tad; Layton, J. Kent; Wormstedt, Bill (2012). On A Sea of Glass: The Life & Loss of the R.M.S. Titanic. Amberley Books. ISBN 978-1848689275. Mrs. Margaret 'Molly' Brown: He built me a house and he had silver dollars cemented all over the floors of every room!

Mrs. Margaret 'Molly' Brown: Leadville Johnny, they call him. And he was the best golderned gold miner in Colorado! Fifteen I was when I married him.