I Was There: On Board the Titanic

i found the title of this book while looking in the index of another great Titanic book (882.5 Amazing Answers to Your Questions About the Titanic) and it said 'Harold Bride', who i am very obsessed with. i figured "what the heck, i'll read it if harold bride is in it" and checked out of my local library. i read it cover to cover in about 30 minutes and when i finished i wanted there to be more! this book is very educational... Read Full Review

When my five-year old son became obsessed with the Titanic I was a bit worried, because of the morbidity of the subject mainly -we tend to forget that about 1500 people died in this historic incident. So I was very pleased to see that there are actually books on the subject written with children in mind - and this one is very good. It's written from the view points of two young men who were actually on the Titanic and survived... Read Full Review

This is a super book for kids looking for a Titanic book with not only a lot of pictures but a lot of info. With this book you could learn many things that you didn't know. Ken Marchall's work is extrodinary in the book. And the author gives a real veiw of what it must have been like to have riden the Titanic.

There are millions of Titanic books out there, but this one is the best of them all! The details are fantastic! The pictures shocked me! They were so real! I felt I was in the real Titanic in 1912! The portraits were real!! This is the real Titanic story, not some made up story. The book is filled with diagrams, portraits, pictures, and little paragraphs on the sides of the pages! Shelly Tanaka and Ken Marschall did... Read Full Review

This book is about 2 young men. One of the young men, Jack Thayer. The other:Harold Bride, the junior wireless. Jack was seven-teen when he and his Mother and Father travel to America. As he explores the great Titanic, he runs into Thomas Andrews, the ship designer. After his Father and Mother go to a very special dinner party with the ship's Captian, he meets Milton Long, who they become great friends with. At about 11:40,... Read Full Review