A Night to Remember
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| Author | Walter Lord |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | History |
| Publisher | R & W Holt |
| Publication date | 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 R.M.S. Titanic in 1912. The book was very successful, and is still considered a definitive resource about the RMS Titanic. Lord authored a follow-up book, The Night Lives On, in 1986.
[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 italics and other such things.
[edit] Film and television
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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.
In 1999, Animated sci-fi comedy series Futurama, had an episode in its first season entitled A Flight to Remember, based on the events of the Titanic and many allusions to the 1997 film. The title is also possibly a play on the title of the book
[edit] References
- Lord, Walter (1997). in Nathaniel Philbrick (Introduction): A Night to Remember. Bantam. ISBN 0-553-27827-4.
