Violet Jessop

Titanic Survivor

Herausgeber: Maxtone-Graham, John

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Violet Jessop survived the sinking of both the Titanic and Britannic, and her lively and well-rounded memoir including her first-hand account of the two disasters offers the reader a unique vantage on both the catastrophes and the socioeconomic climate of the time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9781574093155
• ISBN-10: 1574093150
• Artikelnr.: 34667613

Autorenporträt

Violet Jessop (1887-1971) was a maritime stewardess and nurse who survived the sinking of both the Titanic and Britannic. She worked aboard ships into her sixties, traveling all over the world. After her last voyage, she lived the rest of her life in Suffolk, England.

Inhaltsangabe

New Preface
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Early Years
Chapter 2: The Railway Interval
Chapter 3: Buenos Aires
Chapter 4: In the Mountains
Chapter 5: Illness and Death
Chapter 6: Repatriation
Chapter 7: In Charge
Chapter 8: Convent Days
Chapter 9: Choosing a Career
Chapter 10: To Sea at Last
Chapter 11: Enter Ned
Chapter 12: Insufferable Passengers
Chapter 13: Troubled Voyage
Chapter 14: The South American Run
Chapter 15: The White Star Line
Chapter 16: Cabin Drama
Chapter 17: Olympic
Chapter 18: (This chapter is missing)
Chapter 19: Polemic and Lament
Chapter 20: Titanic
Chapter 21: Into the Lifeboat
Chapter 22: Rescue
Chapter 23: Australia and Ned
Chapter 24: Shipboard Romance
Chapter 25: A Nurse in the Great War
Chapter 26: Britannic
Chapter 27: Aftermath
Chapter 28: Peace and Prohibition
Chapter 29: Tim Goes Missing
Chapter 30: World Cruise
Chapter 31: At Sea
Chapter 32: The Jinrikisha Man
Chapter 33: The Baroness
Chapter 34: Tom's Downfall
Epilogue
Appendix I
Appendix II
Bibliography
Index