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Summary: The firstest with the mostest
Review: For those of you who are Titanic aficionados, practically everything you will have read or seen about the incident probably used this book as a major reference. Which makes it the Titanic Bible. No, we don't get the love story, but there is enough here to make your emotions work the way they're supposed to. While there are other studies, what makes this one valuable is that the author interviewed over sixty survivors for the work. This is obviously a feat that can never be duplicated again, so we need to thank Walter Lord for getting the information while we can. So we get the statistics of the ship, which are interesting. We also get to know the changes made to sea travel, and society in general due to the incident. But we also get what have now become the famous "What ifs?". There are almost a dozen things, from ship construction to someone merely taking a telegram more seriously, where, if just were to go the other way, it's very possible that nearly everybody could have been rescued. This is essential reading for those interested in the topic.
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Summary: Touching Story
Review: I read the book " A Night To Remember". I thought it was a very good book for everyone. It was very interesting and touching. Walter Lord wrote the novel very realistic. It told what happened step by step each minute.
The passengers had to feel very scared. All they could think about was what their family members were doing in the other places on the boat. I could never imagine that.
The book tells you what happen and what the passengers felt when it was happening.
They could only think about how they were going to die too. They could only start thinking about touching the freezing water and freezing to death or drowning in the water.
They were out in the middle of nowhere and had no chance to really survive. The men let the wives and children go on the lifeboats first and then the husbands would get on lifeboats after everyone was off the ship. The wives and children could only think about where their grandpas or fathers were. They would never probably see them again in their lifetime. The fathers and grandpas and uncles would probably not survive the accident because it took so long just to get the wives and children on to the lifeboats.
While everything was happening, some people were in their beds just wanting to die that way, some were drinking as usual in the diner and some were just trying to survive. A lot of the passengers didn't even want to think of the way they were going to pass away.
I thought the novel was very good. I could feel what was happening as I read the story. It was very sad to read about how people felt and what they were thinking. The Titanic was one of the greatest ships ever and took so many lives in so little time. I could never imagine that happening. I don't know what I would think about if I had been on that ship. I think this novel is good for anyone that would like to read a good story.
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Summary: More than just an historical account
Review: This piece of literature lends not only an atmospheric minute-by-minute account of a famous disaster, it presents the reader with insightful,well-thought-out points about society at the time. A lot of people look back on the tragedy as a horrible accident that claimed hundreds of innocent lives. But Walter Lord gives us the idea that more than lives were just lost, a way of life was lost. He mentions the "gentlemen" lost at sea, who at that point in time, made up a large percentage of those in the society who were chivalrous and extraordinarily polite, nothing at all like social discourse today. Those members of that large portion of society were lost, and a whole group that consisted of the lower and upper class alike were erased, and a way of interaction disappeared along with it.
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Summary: A Pretty Good Book
Review: Walter Lord's book A Night to Remember was a pretty enjoyable book to read. The book was about the sinking of the grand ship the Titanic. It had excellent factual information, that I must have to say got a little boring at times, but still was very interesting to hear. I really loved how the book was a true minute-by-minute story. It really made you feel like you were one of the passengers on the ship just watching everything that was occurring. Even though the book was good, when you finished it filled your mind with many "what ifs?" What if ice conditions had been normal, or what if she had seen the iceberg 15 seconds sooner? Even though the book had some things I didn't really like, overall it was pretty good. I would definitely recommend the book to someone who has never read a book about Titanic before
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Summary: A night to remember
Review: It's a good read. I had expected a more thrilling story before I purchased, though. Packed with facts and truths compiled from those who were really there, reading this book is just like being there witnessing the disaster.
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Summary: Ok book but not enough action
Review: I thought this book was too boring. I did not like how this book described the clothes that everyone had on. It seemed to focus on fashion more than the Titanic sinking. A major difference from the book and the movie is that the movie had main characters. The book was described everyone and just told the story of the Titanic from a minute to minute concept. The book was an average book and I thought it could of been better. The author could of used more action words and other minor things.
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Summary: Not too bad, despite its age.
Review: I enjoyed reading Walter Lord's "A Night to Remember". I found it to be an easy and fast read and was quite informative based on the eyewitnesses who were interviewed. However, this is the type of book one would find available for sell in a school weekly reader. Lord does not gives us any real history of the ship prior to departure - he starts the book a few miles from the iceberg. He does not give the reader any real scientific reasons why the ship sunk as it did (flawed metallurgy, etc). Based on Robert Ballard's findings, one could prove that it was impossible for the Titantic to right itself 90 degrees from the surface of the water and plunge straight down (Ballard believes the ship must have snapped in half). Nevertheless, considering that the book was written in 1955 and lacking the scientific evidence we have today, the book was interesting and held my attention. It did an excellent job of showing the tragedy of the California not responding to the distress calls (a fact that was sorely overlooked in the movie, Titanic). I was also surprised to find that all of the female passengers were referred to as "MRS" so-and-so and not by a first name. Even the ship's roster listed the women as "Mr and Mrs" so-and-so. But, I suppose it was indicative of the times (early 20th century).
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Summary: First Titanic Book
Review: This book is excellent. Walter Lord makes you feel you are actually there.(VLS)
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Summary: Best Book about the Titanic
Review: I would have to say that A Night To Remember is just about the best book that I have read about the Titanic. Considering the time the book was written, 1955, I think that you would agree that it is extremely factual. I would like to read an updated version of this book, one that also contains information discovered up until today. This book focuses on the Titanic's last few days before it's sinking. The book tells you what is happening from day-to-day encounters and, as the book draws closer to the end, you are told of events from hour-to-hour. I would recommend this book to all of those out there who have questions about what really happened to the Titanic and to those of you who just like a good book.
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Summary: The Best Book
Review: I think that this book was very good with the minute by minute story about the Titanic making it feel like you know exactly what he is talking about unfortuneatly I think this book is better than the video and audio. Hope you enjoy or enjoyed it as much as I did.
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