"I ran out on the deck and then I could see ice. It was a veritable sea of ice and the boat was rocking over it. I should say that parts of the iceberg were eighty feet high, but it had been broken into sections, probably by our ship." "There fell on the ear the most appalling noise that ever human ear listened to - the cries of hundreds of our fellow-beings struggling in the icy-cold water, crying for help with a cry that we knew could not be answered." First published in 1912, Jay Henry Mowbray's Sinking of the Titanic was hugely influential in the aftermath of the maritime disaster, recording the harrowing, first-hand accounts of the survivors - from sailors, to stewards, to passengers ? throughout the ordeal, from when the iceberg first hit to when the Carpathia eventually arrived, and honouring those who were lost on that fateful night in 1912. Mowbray's text even follows the survivors when they make it back to land - a lesser-known, riveting aspect of the tragic saga that deals with the investigation and the hearings that took place in the US and UK in the months that followed. The swiftness of the publication of Mowbray's text, the sheer number of first-hand witness accounts therein and the intensity of the chaos and fear that their accounts convey makes for a unique compilation which, together with new notes, maps, images and expert introductory material in this new, updated edition, will fascinate, educate and deeply move contemporary readers as much today as the original publication would have back in 1912. AUTHOR: Dr Stephen Haddelsey is the award-winning author of several books on the history of exploration. He has also edited a number of contemporary expedition memoirs and diaries. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Historical Society, and an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of East Anglia. Jay Henry Mowbray (1869-1955) was an American journalist and editor and the author on subjects including the life of President Theodore Roosevelt, the history of airships, and the Great War. His Sinking of the Titanic was the first book to be published on the subject. Bruce Beveridge is one of the world's foremost authorities on the RMS Titanic, and has written and contributed to a number of books on the subject, including Titanic The Ship Magnificent, Titanic in Photographs, RMS Titanic in 50 Objects and 2004's Titanic Book of the Year Olympic and Titanic: The Truth Behind the Conspiracy. 100 illustrations
