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Unsinkable: The Full Story of the RMS Titanic [Paperback]

Daniel Allen Butler (Author)

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Paperback: 312 pages
Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc; New edition edition (14 Feb 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0306811103
ISBN-13: 978-0306811104
Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15 x 2.1 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

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This passionate yet balanced narrative explores every facet of the Titanic's history, including her spectacular conception in an Irish shipyard and the ambitious modern-day attempts to salvage her. The familiar story of the RMS Titanic-from her encounter with an iceberg to her demise some three hours later, taking with her more than fifteen hundred people-still looms large in the popular imagination, and in Daniel Butler's as well. He studied the Titanic's history for thirty years, intensively compiling facts about the disaster and the players involved (from Captain Smith and his crew to the ill-fated third-class passengers). He even made the startling discovery of a nearby ship that ignored the Titanic's distress call because the shipmates were afraid to awaken their captain. Drawn from primary sources and period accounts, this new narrative puts the disaster into historical context and serves as an essential resource for scholars of Titanic lore.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely the best of Titanic books, 28 Jan 1999

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This review is from: Unsinkable: The Full Story of the RMS Titanic (Hardcover)

I have studied Titanic for over 32 years, and have read over 100 books dealing with the tragedy. Daniel Allen Butler's book ranks with the best, ever. I place him up with Walter Lord, the man who remembered. The research Butler did was thorough and factual. While it may never be possible for any one person to know the whole story of Titanic, Daniel Butler has come so very close, and it is an entertaining read as well. I highly recomment this book for any Titanic library.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Execellent consolidation of facts presented in clear manner., 26 April 1999

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Just the type book I like to read. Starts at the beginning and follows the details to the end. No jumping around. All facts documented with footnotes. Very emotional, you can get right into the lives of the principals.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not perfect; but not bad, 31 Mar 1999

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Overall it's an interesting and thorough comprehensive rehashing of the Titanic sinking. I think he did go overboard in several of his assumptions. e.g. There is no indication from other sources that Major Arthur Peuchen cut a poor figure socially. I've read all the Toronto papers published during that week from the sinking to after the Carpathia docked and though his name was not mentioned as frequently as Mr. Charles Hays, it was near the top of every list of Canadians who were known to be on the ship, usually without explanation of who he was - so he was certainly well known in his home city, which was even then a substantial place. So, if the author assumes unsubstaniated things about one passenger's social standing, can I trust him fully when he discusses the disaster?

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3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
No new facts emerge, this is a dramatised version of the two Public Enquiries, which are far from infallible. Read more

Published on 28 Sep 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars Read "A Night to Remember" instead
Mr. Butler appears to have taken a good deal from Walter Lord's "A Night to Remember." One would expect much more from someone claiming to have researched an issue for... Read more

Published on 23 July 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Stale Titanic Book
Butler has many mistakes that need to be corrected in this book. I counted 40 major needless errors. When writing a book on a subject like this is a difficult task. Read more

Published on 23 May 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly written Titanic book
Being very blunt, I can say with all honestly that Mr. Butler copied A Night to Remember almost word for word. He also never corrected any of Lord's mistakes. Read more

Published on 16 April 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars Stale rehash of older, better books
"Unsinkable" is a tremendous disappointment. It presents very little new information, and practically copies the whole of A Night to Remember into its pages. Read more

Published on 16 Mar 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars A TITANIC FAILURE
THE AUTHOR CLAIMS TO HAVE RESEARCHED THE TITANIC FOR THIRTY YEARS. WELL, THIRTY YEARS OF MISTAKES WENT INTO THIS BOOK. Read more

Published on 13 Mar 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, smooth-flowing book!
This is a book that I just couldn't put down. Even though there are many books written on the Titanic, Mr. Butler has written one of the best stories to date. Read more

Published on 2 Feb 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars A story you seem never to get tired of
It seems to me that I read a new book about the Titanic every few years or so, and I never quite get tired of it. Read more

Published on 4 Jan 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars More complete than others I have read or seen.
In my opinion NO book on the Titanic can tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about what happened that night since even the eye-witness/survivors told... Read more

Published on 2 Jan 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars The most informative analysis of the Titanic anywhere!
I am pleased that Mr. Butler not only recounts the actual, rather familiar incident on board the greatest ocean liner ever made, but also describes in great detail the events... Read more

Published on 4 Dec 1998

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