Books by Walter Lord
“It’s hard to imagine anybody producing a more thrilling account of the Titanic than Walter Lord’s book from 1955. The Titanic has never really gone away, but between 1912-13 and 1955 there wasn’t a lot of sustained interest. And then Walter Lord comes along and publishes A Night to Remember and it’s a bestseller that has never gone out of print. “ Read more...
Steven Biel, Historian
Interviews where books by Walter Lord were recommended
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Titanic: First Accounts
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Sinking of the Titanic: The Greatest Disaster At Sea
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Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy
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Every Man For Himself
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A Night to Remember: The Classic Account of the Final Hours of the Titanic
by Walter Lord
The best books on The Titanic, recommended by Steven Biel
The best books on The Titanic, recommended by Steven Biel
More than a century after it went down, our fascination with the Titanic shows no signs of dimming, its story told in numerous books and movies—both fact and fiction. Steven Biel, a historian at Harvard, recommends books to read about the Titanic, from early first-person accounts of the disaster to a comprehensive and lavishly illustrated reference guide.
