Download or read book The Loss of the Titanic written by Lawrence Beesley and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn more about the disaster that befell the Titanic and caused the untimely deaths of 1,517 passengers in this gripping first-hand account from survivor Lawrence Beesley. Originally published a mere nine weeks after one of the most profound maritime disasters in human history, The Loss of the Titanic shed new light on the tragedy and leveled troubling charges of classism against some of the rescuers.