Anatomy of the Titanic [Hardcover]

Tom McCluskie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1998

A comprehensive deck-by-deck tour of the most famous ship in history. Includes nearly 250 b/w photographs, plans, drawings, and cutaways. Tom McCluskie is the former Archive Manager for Harland & Wolff, builders of the Titanic, and was H & W's Technical Liaison to 20th Century Fox in the production of James Cameron's Titanic. McCluskie is also the co-author of Titanic & Her Sisters Olympic & Britannic.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (CA) (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571451609
• ISBN-13: 978-1571451606
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #576,662 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for the expert, but confusing for the neophyte, December 14, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Anatomy of the Titanic (Hardcover)

This book will prove to be a treasure trove for the experienced Titanic scholar, but is guaranteed to lead the newcomer astray. Many photos are of the sisterships Olympic and Britannic and some of the deck plans are of a much-modified Olympic, as these plans were updated throughout the ship's career, which lasted into the mid-1930's. None of this would present much of a problem for the experienced buff, but many of the photo captions do not alert the novice to these differences. In some cases, features depicted represent changes made to Britannic as a result of Titanic's loss. In one photo taken bow-on and captioned as Titanic, the name "Olympic" can be clearly read on both sides of the vessel. In another case, several photos are purported to be of the casing for the turbine; the photos are, in fact of the huge wooden patterns used to make the molds for these castings. The color section in the book's midsection shows hand- colored illustrations made by interior designers of a ship's interior which is supposed to be of similar design to those on Olympic and Titanic. While the reproductions of these illustrations are a welcome insight into the efforts involved in the creation of the interiors of ships of this period, the designs portrayed bear only a vague resemblance to those of the subject of this book. The thing that disappoints this reader most is that I would have expected better from this particular author, giving his past relationship with Harland and Wolff, the firm which built the Titanic, the author's knowledge on the subject and the enviable access which he had to that firm's archives. Even so, I still stand by my opinion that this book is a must-have for anyone with more than a passing interest in the Titanic.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT!, June 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Anatomy of the Titanic (Hardcover)

This is an very good book on the building of the TITANIC. It had a few stumblings by showing pictures of the RMS Olympic and the HMHS Britannic(my favorite). Their weren't many pictures taken at the era so we can't blame Mr. McCluskie

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books on Titanic Specifications, December 5, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Anatomy of the Titanic (Hardcover)

Although this book is filled with pictures of Titanics earlier sister Olympic, You get an ideal of what Titanic looked like before, during, and after construction. You'll see the ship from bow to stern and from keel to the funnels through many sharp black and white photographs taken at Harland & Wolff. Be warned though this book does get into some pretty technical terms and I advise you to read the glossary first. This book was very good at telling the details of the structure, but could have gone into a little more details about the staterooms and other passenger areas.