The Loss of the S S Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons

Lawrence Beesely, a British schoolteacher, was a second-class passenger on the "Titanic" when it hit an iceberg and sank in two and a half hours. This is Beesley's eyewitness account, written just weeks after the sinking, of his voyage on the "Titanic", the collision with the iceberg, his hours in Lifeboat 13, and his rescue by the "Carpathia". A classic account of the story of "Titanic".  With ten pages of photos.