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The ship that stood still : the Californian and her mysterious role in the Titanic disaster

Title
The ship that stood still : the Californian and her mysterious role in the Titanic disaster / Leslie Reade ; edited and updated by Edward P. De Groot ; foreword by Eva Hart.
Author
Reade, Leslie.
Publication
New York : Norton, [1993], ©1993.

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Groot, Edward P. de.
Description
384 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits; 25 cm
Subjects
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  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 384) and index.
Contents
  • Foreword / Eva Hart -- Ch. 1. 24 Shed, Royal Albert Dock, 'failed to join' -- Ch. 2. The Titanic breaks a record -- Ch. 3. Sunday night at sea: black, cold and strangely still -- Ch. 4. Her stern was swinging, practically dead south -- Ch. 5. Rockets -- Ch. 6. The "queer light" and more rockets -- Ch. 7. Californian to the rescue -- Ch. 8. "Half-masted for death, my Lord" -- Ch. 9. Where was the Californian? -- Ch. 10. On her way to Boston -- Ch. 11. Boston: Captain Lord crosses his Rubicon -- Ch. 12. Fact and fantasy from a donkeyman -- Ch. 13. Captain Lord's 'At Home' in Washington -- Ch. 14. The Mersey inquiry and the lavatory maker of Victoria Street -- Ch. 15. Question 6944 -- Ch. 16. Judgement days -- Ch. 17. Why Captain Lord wasn't prosecuted -- Ch. 18. "The Norwegian Fairy Story" -- Ch. 19. The confession of Herbert Stone -- Ch. 20. Why it happened -- Addendum: The 1990-1992 Reappraisal -- App. A Maritime matters for the non-mariner -- App. B Signals of distress.
  • App. C Affidavit of Captain Stanley Lord -- App. D Secret statements of Stone and Gibson -- App. E Maps of the icefield in which the Titanic sank -- App. F The Mount Temple -- App. G The man in the coal basket -- App. H Evans, Gibson and Groves afterwards -- App. I Captain Lord's voyages as a Leyland Commander -- App. J Crew of the Californian -- App. K Private night signals of steamship companies: transatlantic lines.
ISBN
0393035379 :
LCCN
92044376
OCLC
ocm27105870
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries