A Night to Remember

Rating:
Summary: I couldn't believe it!
Review: In a word? Emotional rollercoaster. The full tragedy of the disaster never sank in until I read this book. The people were just names on the passenger list that I had looked over so many times. Walter Lord gave me a life to put with the name and a tragic end to make me grieve. Although I first read this book many years ago, it is a classic read for all ages. If they are prepared for the depth of emotion it brings with it. I highly recommend it! ----Jaime N. Rinne--Titanic historian

Rating:
Summary: Captivating, to say the least!
Review: I recently [re]read "A Night To Remember" after seeing the James Cameron film "TITANIC". Walter Lord's book is a riveting [no pun intended] and thought provoking narrative of the greatest sea disaster since man took to the oceans. I cannot say anything bad about this book -- it's one of the best reads you'll ever experience. I suspect there will be several places where you'll put the book aside, shake your head in disbelief, and say to yourself, "How on Earth did this happen?"

Doug Griswold

Rating:
Summary: Most Touching Book Ever
Review: This book is probably the best book I have ever read. From the foreward to Jack Thayer Jr. losing his parents in the large crowd of people. If you like learning about the R.M.S. Titanic, and haven't read this book , then I highly recommend it to you.

Rating:
Summary: Insightful and Chilling
Review: "A Night To Remember" brings the Titanic disaster to life. The reader is placed on the deck and participants in the life and death struggle to reach a life boat. While one will never know what the actual disaster was like, one can get a terrifying realistic feeling of what it was like to watch family members die. It was a terrible moment in history that is brought to life.

Rating:
Summary: GREAT BOOK
Review: This is a great book. It is very factual. Since Lord wrote in in the 50's, he was able to interview most of the servivers, giving it a kind of story from their perspective. Some facts aren't completely up to date.....like we know now that the gash was only 20 someot feet long, not 300 like we used to think/what is written. Still a great book though!

Rating:
Summary: The first and one of the best detailed descriptions
Review: The first time I read this, it was almost as if fate told me to read it. In it, it described a passenger who was a buyer for my Grandfather's Department Store. At that point, I could not leave the book until I had completed it. True, this is very personal, but until you see something that you have only heard passed on by family members, it is very errie. At the time, I was younger, doing research on my family history. Today, I am constantly researching articles on the Titanic because of my love of ships, particularly the Titanic and the family history.. ThomasF. Nugent Wunderlich Drive, Houston, Texas, 77069

Rating:
Summary: It was the best ever!!!!! Very Exciting!!!
Review: I thought that this book was excellent!!! I'm only 14 and I'm going to read this book again! I hope that all the people who read this will love it no matter what age they are!! BEST EVER!!

Rating:
Summary: Best of breed, best of show in Titanic narratives
Review: People--some people anyway--complained that the Cameron film lasted longer than it took the Titanic to sink. Here's a slim little volume that it will take you about as long to read as it would to watch the movie (not that I'm dissing the flick--seeing the film prompted me to re-read this classic and certainly helped me visualize the action). Minute by minute indeed. I'm joining the list of readers who have given this superb recreation a "10" because it's absolutely gripping, short enough to read in a sitting, and absorbing enough,too. Hey, any Bantam editors out there? How about a pricey illustrated edition? The prose is worthy of it. Perfect winter reading, too. Turn the heat down for the last sixty pages to get the full effect.

Rating:
Summary: An excellent, engrossing account of What Happened
Review: One of the best accounts of the Titanic's voyage. Lord wrote it in the Fifties, and was able to interview many of the survivors whose memories make up most of the book. I came away feeling as if I knew the passengers whose accounts make up what we know of the events that night--there is a very "personal" feel to it all. It was interesting to see scenes from this book on screen in the new movie: Jack Thayer on deck in pajamas not wanting to "miss the fun", baker Joughin on the stern rail with the main characters at the very end, etc. I first read the book when I was eleven, and I've reread it many times since then. Highly recommended.

Rating:
Summary: Lord is a natural storyteller, The best Titanic book around.
Review: "A Night to Remember" is definatly the best Titanic book I have ever read. Lord is a wonderful storyteller and his work was very well researched. "A Night to Remember" takes you aboard the Titanic that fateful night when the Titanic stuck a berg in the North Atlantic. Not only does Lord get you aquinted with the passengers aboard the ship, he also has a knack for explaing the technical information in a way that anyone can understand. I read this book first when I was in fifth grade and now I am reading it again. This book is not just for Titanic-Buffs but I guarantee you that once you are finished you will be one yourself.