Alive on the Andrea Doria!: The Greatest Sea Rescue in History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781600374609)

One half-century later, the catastrophic ramming of the MS Stockholm into the Italian luxury liner the SS Andrea Doria in 1956 is relived in this candid, heartrending account. Author Pierette Domenica Simpson, who, with her grandparents, survived the tragedy off the shoals of Nantucket, shares the human and technical aspects of what has become known as the greatest sea rescue in history. As only an eyewitness can do, the author presents survivors' recollections in dramatic vignettes that meticulously re-create a horrific event-one that could have been another Titanic. Both poor immigrants and wealthy travelers give their accounts of ultimate despair and infinite elation after staring at their own reflections in the black ocean that night and seeing death stare back. Equally dramatic are the revelations of new facts exposed by nautical experts from two continents facts that solve the ""mystery"" of who was to blame for this most improbable collision between two ships on the open seas.

Author: Pierette Simpson, Pierette Domenica Simpson
ISBN-10: 1600374603
ISBN-13: 9781600374609
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2008
Pages: 316
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.04w x 0.79d