Bibliograph

The midnight watch, a novel of the Titanic and the Californian, David Dyer

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The midnight watch, a novel of the Titanic and the Californian, David Dyer

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The midnight watch

Oclc number

934277986

Responsibility statement

David Dyer

Sub title

a novel of the Titanic and the Californian

Summary

As the Titanic and her passengers sank slowly into the Atlantic Ocean after striking an iceberg late in the evening of April 14, 1912, a nearby ship looked on. Eight distress rockets were fired during the dark hours of the midnight watch, and eight rockets were ignored. The next morning, the Titanic was at the bottom of the sea and more than 1,500 people were dead. Told not only from the perspective of the SS Californian crew, but also through the eyes of a family of third-class passengers who perished in the disaster, the narrative is drawn together by Steadman, a tenacious Boston journalist who does not rest until the truth is found

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