{"product_id":"the-lusitania-sinking-eyewitness-accounts-from-survivors-hardcover","title":"The Lusitania Sinking: Eyewitness Accounts from Survivors - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Richards\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUncertain of their son's fate, his family leaped into action.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sinking of the passenger liner \u003ci\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e was a maritime disaster that may have changed the course of history by making American involvement in World War I almost inevitable. This part of the story has been told before but here, for the first time, \u003ci\u003eThe Lusitania Sinking\u003c\/i\u003e has a far more personal tale to tell, of a family looking for information on their son's death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 1 May 1915 Preston Prichard, a 29-year-old student, embarked as a second-class passenger on the \u003ci\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e, bound from New York for Liverpool. Just after 2 p.m. on 7 May, a single torpedo, fired by the German submarine \u003ci\u003eU-20\u003c\/i\u003e, caused a massive explosion in the \u003ci\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e's hold, and the ship began sinking rapidly. Within 20 minutes she disappeared and 1,198 men, women and children, including Preston, died.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreston's mother wrote hundreds of letters to survivors to find out more about what might have happened in his last moments. The replies she received included an extensive selection of moving and evocative survivors' accounts. Although this was not Mrs Prichard's intention, she thus assembled an outstanding collection of vivid first-hand recollections. \u003ci\u003eThe Lusitania Sinking\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of this tragedy using this previously unseen historical treasure trove.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony Richards has worked in the document and sound archives of the Imperial War Museum in London for more than twenty years. He has contributed to many publications based on personal written testimony of the two world wars. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Somme: A Visual History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Their Own Words: Untold Stories of the First World War\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe War on Paper: 20 Documents that Defined the Second World War\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.2 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772190982432,"sku":"9781459743489","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/99ec2accb275f48487355bfdae692854.webp?v=1780400964","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-lusitania-sinking-eyewitness-accounts-from-survivors-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}