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What was the Titanic? / by Stephanie Sabol ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: What was?Publisher: New York, New York : Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2018Description: 108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780515157260 (pbk)
  • 0515157260 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 910.9163/4
LOC classification:
  • G 530 S117w 2018
Contents:
What was the Titanic? -- The age of steam -- Building the titanic -- Fitting out the ship -- Stuff and more stuff -- Life aboard the ship -- Warnings -- Iceberg! -- Abandon ship! -- Rescue -- The lost -- Discovery -- What if?.
Summary: "For more than 100 years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives. Now young readers can find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later. At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic, the largest passenger steamship of this time, met its catastrophic end after crashing into an iceberg. Of the 2,240 passengers and crew onboard, only 705 survived. More than 100 years later, today's readers will be intrigued by the mystery that surrounds this ship that was originally labeled 'unsinkable'."--Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) G 530 S117w 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000181927

Includes bibliographical references.

What was the Titanic? -- The age of steam -- Building the titanic -- Fitting out the ship -- Stuff and more stuff -- Life aboard the ship -- Warnings -- Iceberg! -- Abandon ship! -- Rescue -- The lost -- Discovery -- What if?.

"For more than 100 years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives. Now young readers can find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later. At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic, the largest passenger steamship of this time, met its catastrophic end after crashing into an iceberg. Of the 2,240 passengers and crew onboard, only 705 survived. More than 100 years later, today's readers will be intrigued by the mystery that surrounds this ship that was originally labeled 'unsinkable'."--Provided by publisher.

Ages 8-12.

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