The Loss of the SS. Titanic

by Lawrence Beesley

Overview

One of the survivors of the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912, Lawrence Beesley wrote this successful book about his experience, The Loss of the SS Titanic (June, 1912), published just nine weeks after the disaster.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012236937
Publisher:	Cherry Lane Ebooks
Publication date:	03/05/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	521 KB

About the Author

Lawrence Beesley (December 31, 1877 – February 14, 1967) was a Science teacher, journalist and author who was a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. He was born in Wirksworth, Derbyshire. During the filming of A Night to Remember (1958), Beesley famously gatecrashed the set during the sinking scene, hoping to ‘go down with the ship’ that time. But he was spotted by the director, Roy Ward Baker, who vetoed this unscheduled appearance, due to actors' union rules.