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Title: Remarkable and Frightening
Review: I am one of the many who, drawn by the hundredth anniversary of the Titanic tragedy, felt compelled to reread Walter Lord's excellent book. I have also just seen the film version and it is amazing how close to the book the film is. There are no sub-plots here as in James Cameron's film of the tragedy, just simple, straight-foward and often frightening reporting. Written when some of the ship's survivors were still alive, Lord used their memories and recollections well. It is beyond sadness to see how the class-disntinctions of the time even effected people in a tragedy but it is also encouraging to see acts of bravery and selflessness. For anyone interested in the story of the "unsinkable" Titanic, I must recommened this book.
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