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'''A Night to Remember''' is a 1955 non-fiction book by Walter Lord about the voyage and sinking of the ocean liner RMS ''Titanic'' in 1912. The book was very successful, and is still considered a definitive resource about the ''Titanic''. Lord authored a follow-up book, ''The Night Lives On'', in 1986.
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'''A Night to Remember''' is a 1955 non-fiction book by [[Walter Lord]] about the voyage and [[Sinking of the Titanic|sinking]] of the ocean liner RMS ''Titanic'' in 1912. The book was very successful, and is still considered a definitive resource about the ''Titanic''. Lord authored a follow-up book, ''The Night Lives On'', in 1986.
   
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A [[A Night to Remember (1958 film)|film adaptation of the same name]] was released in 1958.
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The first adaption for the book was the 1956 episode for the TV show Kraft Television Theatre on March 28<sup>th</sup> for NBC; the episode was re-released a month later. The second adaption was the [[A Night to Remember (1958 film)|film adaptation of the same name]] was released on July 3<sup>rd</sup>, 1958.
   
 
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Walter Lord had been very interested in the sinking of the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] since he was child and wrote ''A Night to Remember'' while working as a copy editor at a New York ad agency. Lord interviewed over sixty survivors of the sinking and described in detail the events leading up to the ''Titanic'' striking the iceberg, the sinking and the rescue by the [[RMS Carpathia|RMS ''Carpathia'']]. The book also includes facts about the ''Titanic'', a list of passengers with those that survived in italics and other information.
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Walter Lord had been very interested in the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'' since he was child and wrote ''A Night to Remember'' while working as a copy editor at a New York ad agency. Lord interviewed over sixty survivors of the sinking and described in detail the events leading up to the ''Titanic'' striking the iceberg, the sinking and the rescue by the [[RMS Carpathia|RMS ''Carpathia'']]. The book also includes facts about the ''Titanic'', a list of passengers with those that survived in italics and other information.
   
 
Lord, Walter (1997). ''A Night to Remember'' Introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick. Bantam. ISBN 0-553-27827-4
  
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==Survivors interviewed==
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*[[Sylvia Mae Caldwell]] (Second Class passenger)
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*[[Victorine Chaudanson]] (Servant to [[Emily Maria Ryerson]])
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*[[Alice Catherine Cleaver]] (Nurse to the Allison family)
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*[[Gurshon Cohen]] (Third Class passenger)
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*[[Washington Dodge Jr]] (First Class passenger)
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*[[Hedwig Margaritha Frölicher]] (First Class passenger)
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*[[Lily May Futrelle]] (First Class passenger)
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*[[Kate Gilnagh]] (Third Class passenger)
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*[[Walter Hurst]] (Crew member)
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*[[James Leo Hyland]] (Crew member)
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*[[George Kemish]] (Crew member)
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*[[Elizabeth Nye]] (Second Class passenger)
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*[[Herbert John Pitman]] (3rd Officer)
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*[[Alfred Pugh]] (Crew member)
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*[[Frederick Dent Ray]] (Crew member)
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*[[Countess of Rothes]] (First Class passenger)
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*[[George Thomas Rowe]] (Crew member)
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*[[John Borie Ryerson]] (First Class passenger)
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*[[Spencer Victor Silverthorne]] (First Class passenger)
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*[[Anna Sofia Sjöblom]] (Third Class passenger)
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*[[Maude Louise Slocombe]] (Crew member)
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*[[James William Cheetham Witter]] (Crew member)
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*[[Selini Yazbeck]] (Third Class passenger)
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Revision as of 23:16, 15 November 2018

A Night To Remember
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A Night to Remember is a 1955 non-fiction book by Walter Lord about the voyage and sinking of the ocean liner RMS Titanic in 1912. The book was very successful, and is still considered a definitive resource about the Titanic. Lord authored a follow-up book, The Night Lives On, in 1986.

The first adaption for the book was the 1956 episode for the TV show Kraft Television Theatre on March 28th for NBC; the episode was re-released a month later. The second adaption was the film adaptation of the same name was released on July 3rd, 1958.

Plot introduction

Walter Lord had been very interested in the sinking of the RMS Titanic since he was child and wrote A Night to Remember while working as a copy editor at a New York ad agency. Lord interviewed over sixty survivors of the sinking and described in detail the events leading up to the Titanic striking the iceberg, the sinking and the rescue by the RMS Carpathia. The book also includes facts about the Titanic, a list of passengers with those that survived in italics and other information.

Lord, Walter (1997). A Night to Remember Introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick. Bantam. ISBN 0-553-27827-4

Survivors interviewed

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