Author: Morgan RobertsonPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The Wreck of the Titan
Author: Morgan RobertsonPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The Wreck of the Titan
Author: Morgan RobertsonPublisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486837327
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
This eerily prescient novella from 1898 — 14 years before the Titanic disaster — tells of an "unsinkable" luxury liner's maiden voyage across the Atlantic and her disastrous collision with an iceberg.
The Titan
Author: Morgan RobertsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Book Excerpt: there rang out overhead a startling cry from the crow's-nest: "Something ahead, sir--can't make it out."The first officer sprang to the engine-room telegraph and grasped the lever. "Sing out what you see," he roared."Hard aport, sir--ship on the starboard tack--dead ahead," came the cry."Port your wheel--hard over," repeated the first officer to the quartermaster at the helm--who answered and obeyed. Nothing as yet could be seen from the bridge. The powerful steering-engine in the stern ground the rudder over; but before three degrees on the compass card were traversed by the lubber's-point, a seeming thickening of the darkness and fog ahead resolved itself into the square sails of a deep-laden ship, crossing the Titan's bow, not half her length away."H--l and d--" growled the first officer. "Steady on your course, quartermaster," he shouted. "Stand from under on deck." He turned a lever which closed compartments, pushed a button marked--"Captain's Room," and crRead Mor
On a Sea of Glass
Author: Tad FitchPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445614391
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1093
Book Description
A sumptuously illustrated history of the Titanic, her sinking and its aftermath.
The Futility; Or, Wreck of the Titan
Author: Morgan RobertsonPublisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1425022928
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
A book that came out 15 years too early as "Futility," was then released around 1912 or other with a new name. For some reason. About a boat hitting an ice cube or something.
The Wreck of the Titanic Foretold?
Author: Martin GardnerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781573922012
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Believers in paranormal powers of precognition have long maintained that the sinking of the Titanic was perceived in advance by extrasensory perception (ESP). Their prize example is Morgan Robertson's sea novel, The Wreck of the Titan, published 14 years before the Titanic went down. This unusual short novel is reproduced here in full, along with a selection of other writings that seem to foretell the Titanic's fate.
The Wreck of the Titan
Author: Morgan RobertsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sea stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Wreck of the Titan is a novel published in 1898 by Morgan Robertson. The book tells the story of a large boat that sinks in the Atlantic Ocean after hitting an iceberg. The Wreck of the Titan is famous for being eerily similar to the sinking of the Titanic which happened about 14 years after the story was published. -- Amazon.com.
The Three Laws and the Golden Rule
Author: Morgan RobertsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Titanic: The Long Night
Author: Diane HohPublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453248188
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
DIVTwo teenagers discover true love aboard the doomed ocean liner/div DIVElizabeth Farr never wanted to return to America. During her family’s vacation abroad, she has fallen in love with England, and is despondent when her father refuses to let her stay. Returning to New York means having her debut into society, and that means a swiftly arranged marriage. Elizabeth will never go to college, never learn to be a reporter—as she sees it, her life is over as soon as the Titanic reaches port. Of course, if she’s unlucky, her life will be over far sooner than that./divDIV /divDIVAs Elizabeth and her family settle into their first-class cabins, Katie Hanrahan, a young Irish girl with dreams of finding fortune in America, makes her way to a steerage berth. Both girls have plans for the future, but love and death are about to intervene./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Diane Hoh including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection./div
The Wreck of the Golden Mary
Author: Charles DickensPublisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775450449
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Looking to escape with some first-rate fiction? This short story from master storyteller Charles Dickens offers a tantalizing glimpse into the mysterious circumstances surrounding a shipwreck. A good sampling of Dickens at his charming, engaging best.