Alive on the Andrea Doria!: The Greatest Sea Rescue in History
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (607 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1600374603 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 316 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It is difficult to constrain the fascinating and intricate story of the Andrea Doria tragedy within the pages of a book. If you like mysteries, do not read this book, because she was there, and she'll tell you the untold truth, putting an end to the Andrea Doria mystery. A praiseworthy achievement -- Maurizio Eliseo ""Naval inspector, author, professor, historian"". But this has been done, thanks to Pierette Simpson
Not what I expected Book came in good shape and quick shipping but pages are yellowed and all pictures are in black and white. I thought this would be the authors survival story but it is not. It is a compilation of stories from survivors and eyewitnesses. Disappointed in the book itself.. Students of shipwrecks should be grateful. Ned Middleton There are few people in the world I regret never having met. This author is, in many ways, a kindred spirit and one I would like to meet. Perhaps one day!Although well qualified to write such an account - after all she did survive the sinking of the Andrea Doria, no one person could possibly write the complete story of the loss of this ship from personal experience -. Breath taking accounts of the minute by minute sinking of the Andrea Doria by individuals aboard. A wonderfully told book of tragedy! Each personal account of the sinking of the Andrea Doria made me happy to be at home, safe in bed. The accident must have been the most terrifying event in the lives of all those aboard. I felt their aloneness and fear as each told of their own struggle to get off the ship. I loved the first account of the little girl and her famil
Author Pierette Domenica Simpson, who, with her grandparents, survived the tragedy off the shoals of Nantucket, shares the human and technical aspects of what has become known as the greatest sea rescue in history. As only an eyewitness can do, the author presents survivors' recollections in dramatic vignettes that meticulously re-create a horrific event-one that could have been another Titanic. Equally dramatic are the revelations of new facts exposed by nautical experts from two continents facts that solve the ""mystery"" of who was to blame for this most improbable collision between two ships on the open seas.. One half-century later, the catastrophic ramming of the MS Stockholm into the Italian luxury liner the SS Andrea Doria in 1956 is relived in this candid, heartrending account. Both poor immigrants and wealthy travelers give their accounts of ultimate despair and infinite elation after staring at their own reflections in the black ocean that night and seeing death stare back