The Truth about the Titanic

Archibald Gracie (1858 - 1912)

Colonel Archibald Gracie was the first survivor of the sinking of the Titanic to die, and this first-hand account was published posthumously. He attempts to dispel some of the rumors surrounding the tragic event and gives his personal observations and an account of his survival clinging to the hull of an overturned collapsible lifeboat after helping many others to escape safely. A large portion of the book is given to personal accounts of other survivors from both the American and British boards of inquiry, boat by boat. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Genre(s): Memoirs, Modern (20th C)

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Last Day Aboard Ship Piotr Nater
00:17:08
Play 02 Struck By an Iceberg - Part 1 Marie Christian
00:19:03
Play 03 Struck By an Iceberg - Part 2 Marie Christian
00:16:33
Play 04 Struck By an Iceberg - Part 3 Marie Christian
00:17:33
Play 05 The Foundering of the “Titanic” fred
00:38:18
Play 06 Struggling in the Water for Life - Part1 Marie Christian
00:16:12
Play 07 Struggling in the Water for Life - Part2 Marie Christian
00:17:18
Play 08 All Night on Bottom of Half-Submerged Upturned Boat - Part 1 docdlmartin
00:19:36
Play 09 All Night on Bottom of Half-Submerged Upturned Boat - Part 2 docdlmartin
00:21:13
Play 10 The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 1 Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
00:24:02
Play 11 The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 2 Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
00:16:59
Play 12 The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 3 Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
00:20:21
Play 13 The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 4 Marie Christian
00:17:44
Play 14 The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 5 TR Love
00:22:10
Play 15 The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 6 TR Love
00:26:55
Play 16 The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 7 docdlmartin
00:14:35
Play 17 The Port Side: Women and Children First - Part 8 docdlmartin
00:22:24
Play 18 Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 1 Kerry Adams
00:15:45
Play 19 Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 2 Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
00:21:56
Play 20 Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 3 TR Love
00:21:56
Play 21 Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 4 TR Love
00:25:09
Play 22 Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 5 Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
00:26:13
Play 23 Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 6 Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
00:22:09
Play 24 Starboard Side: Women First, But Men When There Were No Women - Part 7 Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
00:20:01
Play 25 Concluding Note Larry Wilson
00:08:25