{"product_id":"2940170064908","title":"Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From","description":"\u003cp\u003eLate in the night of April 14, 1912, the mighty \u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e, a passenger liner traveling from Southampton, England, to New York City, struck an iceberg four hundred miles south of Newfoundland. Its sinking over the next two and a half hours brought the ship-mythological in name and size-one hundred years of infamy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf the 2,240 people aboard the ship, 1,517 perished either by drowning or by freezing to death in the frigid North Atlantic waters. What followed the disaster was tantamount to a worldwide outpouring of grief: In New York, Paris, London, and other major cities, people lined the streets and crowded around the offices of the White Star Line, the \u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e's shipping company, to inquire for news of their loved ones and for details about the lives of some of the famous people of their time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile many accounts of the \u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e's voyage focus on the technical or mechanical aspects of why the ship sank, \u003cem\u003eVoyagers of the Titanic\u003c\/em\u003e follows the stories of the men, women, and children whose lives intersected on the vessel's fateful last day, covering the full range of first, second, and third class­-from plutocrats and captains of industry to cobblers and tailors looking for a better life in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Davenport-Hines delves into the fascinating lives of those who ate, drank, reveled, dreamed, and died aboard the mythic ship: from John Jacob Astor IV, the wealthiest person on board, whose comportment that night was subject to speculation and gossip for years after the event, to Archibald Butt, the much-beloved military aide to Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft, who died helping others into the \u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e's few lifeboats. With magnificent prose, \u003cem\u003eVoyagers of the Titanic\u003c\/em\u003e also brings to life the untold stories of the ship's middle and third classes-clergymen, teachers, hoteliers, engineers, shopkeepers, counterjumpers, and clerks-each of whom had a story that not only illuminates the fascinating ship but also the times in which it sailed. In addition, Davenport-Hines explores the fascinating politics behind the \u003cem\u003eTitanic\u003c\/em\u003e's creation, which involved larger-than-life figures such as J. P. Morgan, the ship's owner, and Lord Pirrie, the ship's builder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe memory of this tragedy still remains a part of the American psyche and \u003cem\u003eVoyagers of the Titanic\u003c\/em\u003e brings that clear night back to us with all of its drama and pathos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169624146160,"sku":"2940170064908","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170064908_p0.jpg?v=1763701008","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170064908","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}