Of the hundreds of books that have been written about the sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago today, I think the best is still Walter Lord's "A Night to Remember," which was published in 1955. Lord's ...

On April 15th, 1912, after colliding with an iceberg, the Titanic sank. It was worldwide news. In 1955 a Baltimorean named Walter Lord wrote a book called, "A Night to Remember." It was a ...

DOWN TO ETERNITY (191 pp.)—Richard O’Connor—Gold Medal Books (35¢). A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (209 pp.)—Walter Lord—Holt ($3.50). Dim moon-eyed fishes near Gaze at the gilded gear, And query, “What does ...

"With a new introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick"--Cover. "Fiftieth-anniversary edition"--P. [4] of cover. "A Owl Book." "First published in hardcover in 1955 by Henry, Holt, and Company"--T.p. verso.