Truth about the Titanic

by Archibald Gracie

25 chapters8h 29mEnglish1913

About this book

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

Chapters (25)

1The Last Day Aboard Ship

1028

2Struck By an Iceberg - Part 1

1143

3Struck By an Iceberg - Part 2

993

4Struck By an Iceberg - Part 3

1053

5The Foundering of the “Titanic”

2298

6Struggling in the Water for Life - Part1

972

7Struggling in the Water for Life - Part2

1038

8All Night on Bottom of Half-Submerged Upturned Boat - Part 1

1176

9All Night on Bottom of Half-Submerged Upturned Boat - Part 2

1273

10The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 1

1442

11The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 2

1019

12The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 3

1221

13The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 4

1064

14The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 5

1330

15The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 6

1615

16The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 7

875

17The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 8

1344

18Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 1

945

19Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 2

1316

20Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 3

1316

21Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 4

1509

22Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 5

1573

23Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 6

1329

24Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 7

1201

25Concluding Note

505

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