The Truth about the Titanic

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The Truth about the Titanic

by Archibald Gracie

EN·~6 hours·9 chapters

Chapters

9 total

ILLUSTRATIONS

0:55

CHAPTER I THE LAST DAY ABOARD SHIP

16:10

CHAPTER II STRUCK BY AN ICEBERG

49:31

CHAPTER III THE FOUNDERING OF THE “TITANIC”

17:48

CHAPTER IV STRUGGLING IN THE WATER FOR LIFE

30:12

CHAPTER V ALL NIGHT ON BOTTOM OF HALF SUBMERGED UPTURNED BOAT

34:49

CHAPTER VI THE PORT SIDE: WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST

2:15:59

CHAPTER VII STARBOARD SIDE: WOMEN FIRST, BUT MEN WHEN THERE WERE NO WOMEN

2:00:29

CONCLUDING NOTE By Charles Vale

11:26

Description

Through the eyes of the only surviving crew member, this vivid memoir transports listeners back to the Titanic’s fateful maiden voyage. The narrator recounts daily life aboard the floating palace—luxury suites, bustling decks, and a crew confident enough to set ever‑faster records. As ice warnings whisper across the Atlantic, he describes the ship’s relentless speed and the calm professionalism of officers like Lightoller, while also honoring the quiet bravery of women and children boarding lifeboats.

In the hours before the collision, the book captures a growing sense of awe and unease among passengers and crew alike. Detailed observations of engineers, designers, and even the ship’s grand interiors give a textured picture of a world on the brink of disaster. Listeners are invited to share in the solemn testimony of honor, duty, and the human spirit that emerged on that cold April night.

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Language

en

Duration

~6 hours (400K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913.

Credits

MFR, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

Mar 8, 2022

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Archibald Gracie

Archibald Gracie

1858–1912

Best known as one of the most vivid firsthand voices of the Titanic disaster, this American writer and amateur historian turned personal survival into a lasting historical record. His work combines a soldier’s eye for detail with the urgency of someone who lived through one of the 20th century’s defining tragedies.

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