This is the graphic, first-hand story of the maiden voyage and disastrous sinkingof the RMS <em>Titanic</em>, told by the survivors themselves. The story of the sinkingof the great liner has been told countless times since that fateful night on April14, 1912, by historians, novelists, and film producers alike, but no account is asgraphic or revealing as those from the people who were actually there. Throughsurvivors' tales and contemporary newspaper reports from both sides of the Atlantic,here are eyewitness accounts full of details that range from poignant tohumorous, stage by stage from the liner's glorious launch in Belfast to the sombersea burial services of those who perished on her first and only voyage. In thisbook, the voices of the survivors share their own stories, as well as the officialrecords, press reports, and investigations into what went wrong that night.