The Truth About the Titanic

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A survivor’s perspective on what it was like to be on the Titanic as it sank, with detailed accountings of his and other passengers’ accounts.

Archibald Gracie IV

Archibald Gracie IV (1858–1912) was a passenger on the RMS Titanic and the first adult survivor of the ship’s sinking to die. He wrote a popular book about the disaster, which was published posthumously. He was also an American writer, amateur historian, soldier, and real estate investor. (Source: Wikipedia)

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BY

Archibald Gracie IV

DATE OF PUBLICATION

1913

SOURCE

Public Domain

Frontmatter

THE TRUTH

ABOUT THE TITANIC

BY

COLONEL ARCHIBALD GRACIE

AUTHOR OF

THE TRUTH ABOUT CHICKAMAUGA

SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS

NEW YORK

MITCHELL KENNERLEY

1913

Mitchell Kennerley

Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company

East Twenty-fourth Street

New York

COLONEL ARCHIBALD GRACIE

Contents

ILLUSTRATIONS[edit | edit source]

Colonel Archibald Gracie	Frontispiece
	FACING PAGE
The Titanic	2^[1]
The Promenade Deck of the Titanic	12
Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus	24
First-Class Smoking Room	28
Bedroom of Parlor Suite	40
Suite Bedroom	40
James Clinch Smith	48
Boilers of the Titanic arranged in Messrs. Harland & Wolff’s Works	52
Thomas Andrews, Jr., Designer of the Titanic	58
Joseph Bell, Chief Engineer	58
The Last Photograph of the Titanic’s Commander and Three Officers	60
Passengers of the Olympic awaiting Events	104
The Overturned Engelhardt Boat B	110
The Titanic narrowly Escapes Collision at Southampton	134
Fifth Officer Lowe Towing the Canvas Collapsible	158
The Canvas Collapsible	158
Captain Rostron of the S. S. Carpathia	180
Photographed from the Carpathia	242

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The Truth About the Titanic

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