Titanic survivor :
Subtitle: the memoirs of Violet Jessop, stewardess /
By: introduced, edited and annotated by John Maxtone-Graham.
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Charnwood
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 386
Subjects: Jessop, Violet.; Ocean liners--Employees--Biography
Description: "I did not like big ships...I was secretly afraid' admits Violet Jessop in this unique eyewitness account of the most written about disaster of the twentieth century. Violet was a stewardess for first-class passengers on the TITANIC when it sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 after hitting an iceberg. While in the lifeboat someone threw her a 'forgotten baby', and she watched fascinated as the ship went down. Four years later, she was a wartime nurse aboard the BRITANNIC, when it struck a mine and sank. These memoirs give a unique glimpse of life below decks, tellings of philandering shipmmates, exotic ports, unrequited love and tragic deaths.