A Night to Remember

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name = A Night to Remember
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author = Walter Lord
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = History
publisher = R & W Holt
release_date = December 1955
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 260 p. (hardback edition)
isbn = ISBN 0-03-027615-2 (hardback edition)
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"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.

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 information.

Film and television

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.

References

*cite book | author=Lord, Walter | title=A Night to Remember | publisher=Bantam | year=1997 | editor=Nathaniel Philbrick (Introduction) | id=ISBN 0-553-27827-4