A Night to Remember
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- This article is about the book. For the flim, see A Night to Remember (film).
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| Author | Walter Lord |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | History |
| Publisher | R & W Holt |
| Released | December 1955 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 260 p. (hardback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-03-027615-2 (hardback edition) |
A Night to Remember is a 1955 non-fiction book by Walter Lord about the sinking of the ocean liner RMS Titanic in 1912. The book was very successful, and is still considered a definitive resource about the RMS Titanic.
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[edit] Plot introduction
Walter Lord had been interested in the sinking of the RMS Titanic since he was child and wrote A Night to Remember while working as a copy editor at a New York ad agency. Lord interviewed over sixty survivors of the sinking and described in detail the events leading up to the Titanic striking the iceberg, the sinking and the rescue by the RMS Carpathia. The book also includes facts about the Titanic, a list of passengers with those that survived in bold and other such things.
A Night to Remember became a bestseller and was turned into a live Kraft Television special in 1956. Lord later authored a quasisequel, The Night Lives On, to account for new information following the discovery of the Titanic wreckage.
[edit] Film
- For more details on this topic, see A Night to Remember (film).
In 1958, A Night to Remember was adapted into a film by writer Eric Ambler and director Roy Ward Baker. It was produced by William MacQuitty.
[edit] Reference
- Lord, Walter (1955). Nathaniel Philbrick (Introduction): A Night to Remember. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8030-7764-2.
