The loss of the Titanic : written by one of the survivors

Learn more about the disaster that befell the __Titanic__ and caused the untimely deaths of 1,517 passengers in this gripping first-hand account from survivor Lawrence Beesley. Originally published a mere nine weeks after one of the most profound maritime disasters in human history, __The Loss of the Titanic__ shed new light on the tragedy and leveled troubling charges of classism against some of the rescuers.