The Truth about the Titanic


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(4.8 stars; 14 reviews)

Colonel Archibald Gracie was the first survivor of the sinking of the Titanic to die, and this first-hand account was published posthumously. He attempts to dispel some of the rumors surrounding the tragic event and gives his personal observations and an account of his survival clinging to the hull of an overturned collapsible lifeboat after helping many others to escape safely. A large portion of the book is given to personal accounts of other survivors from both the American and British boards of inquiry, boat by boat. - Summary by Larry Wilson (8 hr 29 min)

Chapitres

The Last Day Aboard Ship 17:08 Lu par Piotr Nater
Struck By an Iceberg - Part 1 19:03 Lu par Marie Christian
Struck By an Iceberg - Part 2 16:33 Lu par Marie Christian
Struck By an Iceberg - Part 3 17:33 Lu par Marie Christian
The Foundering of the “Titanic” 38:18 Lu par fred
Struggling in the Water for Life - Part1 16:12 Lu par Marie Christian
Struggling in the Water for Life - Part2 17:18 Lu par Marie Christian
All Night on Bottom of Half-Submerged Upturned Boat - Part 1 19:36 Lu par docdlmartin
All Night on Bottom of Half-Submerged Upturned Boat - Part 2 21:13 Lu par docdlmartin
The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 1 24:02 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 2 16:59 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 3 20:21 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 4 17:44 Lu par Marie Christian
The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 5 22:10 Lu par TR Love
The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 6 26:55 Lu par TR Love
The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 7 14:35 Lu par docdlmartin
The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 8 22:24 Lu par docdlmartin
Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 1 15:45 Lu par Kerry Adams
Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 2 21:56 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 3 21:56 Lu par TR Love
Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 4 25:09 Lu par TR Love
Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 5 26:13 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 6 22:09 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 7 20:01 Lu par Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Concluding Note 8:25 Lu par Larry Wilson

Critiques

Engrossing and Enlghtening


(5 stars)

Engrossing and enlightening factual account of the Titanic disaster from the perspective of a socially prominent passenger who narrowly escaped death by climbing onto an overturned lifeboat. Survivor Archibald Gracie’s supplements his impeccably detailed personal account with corroborated accounts from other witnesses and ship records. An invaluable resource on the event and fascinating, moving, story. The readers are all clear and capable, allowing the author’s words to come through as intended.

The rest of the story


(4 stars)

Interesting, but some weird readers


(5 stars)

Might just be me but the first couple of chapters repeat the first chapter.? Thought it was stuck on a loop. Kept thinking I have heard this bit before.

So glad to find this audio book


(5 stars)

I enjoyed that this book contains the account of the Titanic. I enjoyed it.