Complete Idiot's Guide to TITANIC (The Complete Idiot's Guide) [Paperback]

Alpha Team (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 330 pages
• Publisher: Alpha (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028627121
• ISBN-13: 978-0028627120
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #553,942 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Someone missed the boat.. so many inaccuracies, May 7, 2000

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Piper (Tulsa, Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Idiot's Guide to TITANIC (The Complete Idiot's Guide) (Paperback)

I have studied the wreck of the Titanic for over 15 years and I've found this book to be lacking some of the basic details. For example, the book stated that all the women and children from First and Second class survived. This is not true. The book also mentioned the Navratil boys (the Orphans of the Deep) who were misnamed Lolo and Momon in the book. The boys' real names were Edmond (2 years old) and Michel (4 years old). Aside from the trivial facts, I feel that the book makes light of this horrendous disaster with the cartoon characters. The book was confusing because it didn't follow any chronological order before or after the accident. This might be difficult to someone who doesn't know much about what happened on 14-15 April, 1912. The book mentions a color photo spread in the middle of the book, but these photos can be seen anywhere and add little, if any, historical significance. {For example: There are a few pictures of the mostly intact bow, but none of the severely damaged stern. The picture spread consists mostly of still frames from several movies that have been done about the Titanic). This book might be entertaining to those who want to be somewhat enlightened about the disaster; however, those who have studied the Titanic in detail should probably pass this one up. Those who might read it for fun should be aware of the many inaccuracies contained in this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Complete, but a few errors, November 12, 1998

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Thomas E. Brown (Easton, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Idiot's Guide to TITANIC (The Complete Idiot's Guide) (Paperback)

I agree with the previous review and also noted the inaccurate info on Lorraine Allison [note in the Lynch Marschall book Titanic an Illustrated History-p. 133 the picture of the family on the staircase shows little Lorraine in her father's arms, the family spent the night searching in vain for the family baby-Trevor who was taken off of the ship by the family nurse-Alice Marie Cleaver-unknown to the parents- a picture of Lorraine and the baby appears on p. 214 of that book]. The Idiot's guide also has some pretty simplistic info on a number of things [describing the set in the movie Titanic as being on a huge "hinge" for example] and other errors, such as identifying the forward anchor crane as a cargo crane. Still there is a lot of material here, and it is a worthy introduction to the subject.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Engrossing, February 25, 2009

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Rachel Dean "Rachel Dean- nightbookworm" (Poway, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Idiot's Guide to TITANIC (The Complete Idiot's Guide) (Paperback)

There is so much information in this book, you'll be amazed! I love books on Titanic,and this book has so much about it.