{"product_id":"titanic-john-welshman-9780198786498","title":"Titanic: The Last Night of a Small Town","description":"In his famous book \u003cem\u003eA Night to Remember\u003c\/em\u003e, historian Walter Lord described the sinking of the Titanic as 'the last night of a small town'. Now, a hundred years after her sinking, John Welshman reconstructs the fascinating individual histories of twelve of the inhabitants of this tragically short-lived floating town. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey include members of the crew; passengers in First, Second, and Third Class; women and men; adults and children; rich and poor. Among them are a ship's Captain, a Second Officer, an Assistant Wireless Operator; a Stewardess, an amateur military historian, a governess, a teacher, a domestic servant, a mother, and three children. What were their earlier histories? Who survived, and why, and who perished? And what happened to these people in the years after 1912? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eTitanic: The Last Night of a Small Town\u003c\/em\u003e answers all these questions and more, while offering a minute-by-minute depiction of events aboard the doomed liner through the eyes of a broad and representative cross-section of those who sailed in her - both those who survived and those who didn't.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Welshman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198786492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198786498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.90w x 1.30d","brand":"John Welshman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054687219967,"sku":"9780198786498","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a8a11c8-8342-499e-bf08-04b454beceeb.jpg?v=1685031401","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/titanic-john-welshman-9780198786498","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}