To the Bottom of the Sea: True Accounts of Major Ship Disasters

By John Protasio

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0818405309
• ISBN13: 9780818405303
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Lyle Stuart
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

A great book on maritime disasters

This nifty little book contains the stories of nineteen ships that sank while in service. These ships range from the paddlewheel passenger ship Artic (sank: 9/27/1854), through the battleship Maine (2/15/1898), the passenger ships Titanic (4/15/1912), Lusitania (5/7/1915) and Andrea Doria (7/26/1956), the Great Lakes cargo ship Edmund Fitzgerald (11/10/1975), and the passenger ferry Herald of Free Enterprise (3/6/1987), along with many others. Along the way, the reader is treated to a nice narrative of each ship's sinking telling what went right and what went wrong.This is a great book that I have read several times over the years. The author does an excellent job of making each ship's sinking come to life, making you feel as if you were there. I found this to be an enthralling read, and I highly recommend it to you.

An amazing book. Very informative

The best book for those that have memorized all things about the Titanic. The ships in this book are as amazing and as tragic as the Titanic and the Lusitania. The only problem is that there aren't many pictures.