1912 Facts About the Titanic (Facts About Series) [Paperback]

Lee W. Merideth (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2001 | Series: Facts About Series

& 10 photos/illustrations & 6 x 9 . Fascinating, lesser-known facts about the Titanic & Details on the ship, the passengers, and the sinking & Also explores aspects of the wreck today and salvage operations Although the main events of the Titanic disaster are well known, significant facts and tidbits remain obscure. Who were the thousands of men who built the giant ship? How were the bodies of the victims collected and buried? What were the conclusions of the investigative hearings into her sinking? Answers to these and hundreds of other questions are presented in this useful, easy-to-read volume. Lee W. Merideth is the author of several Civil War reference books and a longtime Titanic buff. He lives in northern California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Savas Pub Co (February 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882810333
• ISBN-13: 978-1882810338
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,811,466 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent and concise overview of the Titanic story., April 23, 2000

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M. Tennaro (Tampa, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 1912 Facts About the Titanic (Facts About Series) (Paperback)

Meredith's book is a very useful, easy to use reference work onfacts about the Titanic. It proceeds in a logical progression chapterby chapter beginning with the birth of the idea for the three giantliners, through the building of Titanic, the crew, the voyage, the disaster and the aftermath.

Along the way the author touches upon almost every aspect of the Titanic story. I did not agree with all his conclusions, but they are all presented in a reasonable, logical and readable fashion. Meredith has the ability to explain the many conflicting stories of the Titanic in a consistent, understandable style - a real gift.

Here are just a few highlights from chapters that really impressed me. In one chapter the author gives a walking tour of the ship, deck by deck. It is the best, most detailed description of the ship I have ever read.

He also has separate chapters on each of Titanic's ports of call, starting with Southampton, then Cherbourg, France and finally Queenstown, Ireland. He relates which passengers boarded the ship at each stop and includes examples from all classes, not just first class passengers as many other books have done. Again, it is the most detailed, informative description of what happened at each port I have read yet.

Later in the story, Meredith describes who boarded which lifeboats, and when each lifeboat left the ship, as well as relevent events that happened on each of the boats after the Titanic had sunk. Not since Archibald Gracie's book from 1913 have I seen such a commendable job done in describing the story of the life boats, a particularly complicated and confusing piece of the Titanic history.

Considering the sheer number of `facts' in the book (well over the nineteen hundred and twelve promised in the title), there are not too many mistakes. But he does make a few gaffs along the way....

The errors really are few and far between though and do not seriously dampen my enthusiasm for this book. It is well researched, and very readable. I heartily recommend this book to anyone interested in the Titanic story. People reading about the Titanic for the first time will find this an excellent introduction, and even seasoned Titanic readers will find this to be well worth their time. END

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you're fascinated with Titanic, you must own this book!, April 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 1912 Facts About the Titanic (Facts About Series) (Paperback)

Meredith has written an easy to access book full of fascinating facts about Titanic. Some are strange, some funny, some sad, some just bizarre. My whole family loved this book, my 14yr old son, my 12 yr old daughter, all found something different to talk about in this book. This is the kind of book series I want in our library, the kids can find information quickly and easily and I win all the Titanic trivia contests thanks to Mr. Mederdith! This book is fantastic. Buy It!

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars An Ok Book If Your Looking For Fast Facts But........, July 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 1912 Facts About the Titanic (Facts About Series) (Paperback)

My problem with the book "1912 Facts About Titanic by Lee W. Merideth" was that they had mistakes that could have easily be fixed if they read pretty much any other book on Titanic. When writing about the Allison Family she named their daughter as Helen but everyone knows her name was Loraine. A fact easy to look up in "Titanic An Illustrated History." Another easy mistake is when talking about J.Bruce Ismay, when he started yelling "lower away, lower away" is was not 4th Officer Boxhall who yelled back at him, it was 5th Officer Lowe. Again easy to look up. Another thing is Lee W. Merideth would jump ahead in the story and then jump back. Sometimes repeating a part of the same story twice. Overall it's an OK book if your looking for a Titanic Book to get the facts fast. But if you want a Great read on Titanic's History pick up "Titanic An Illustrated History" not only will you get the Facts but you will also see some wonderful Illustrations.