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The Band That Played On : The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went down with the Titanic by Thomas Nelson Publishing Staff and Steve Turner (2011, Hardcover)

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The Band That Played On: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic. Author:Steve Turner. Book Binding:Hardback. General Interest. World of Books USA was founded in 2005.

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"They kept it up to the very end. Only the engulfing ocean had power to drown them into silence. The band was playing 'Nearer, My God, to Thee.' I could hear it distinctly. The end was very close." --CHARLOTTE COLLYER, TITANIC SURVIVOR The movies, the documentaries, the museum exhibits. They often tell the same story about the "unsinkable" Titanic, her wealthy passengers, the families torn apart, and the unthinkable end. But never before has "that glorious band"--the group of eight musicians who played on as the Titanic slipped deeper and deeper into the Atlantic Ocean--been explored in such depth. Steve Turner's extensive research reveals a fascinating story including dishonest agents, a clairvoyant, social climbers, and a fraudulent violin maker. Read what brought the band members together and how their music served as the haunting soundtrack for one of modern history's most tragic maritime disasters. BOOK REVIEWS The Band that Played On by Steve Turner is, surprisingly, the first book since the great ship went down to examine the lives of the eight musicians who were employed by the Titanic. What these men did'standing calmly on deck playing throughout the disaster'achieved global recognition. But their individual stories, until now, have been largely unknown. What Turner has uncovered is a narrow but unique slice of history'one more chapter of compelling Titanic lore. Turner, a music journalist, pursued living relatives of the band members and squeezed all that he could out of "inherited photographs, documents, and anecdotes" enabling him to sketch brief but poignant portraits of eight young (or at least youngish) men, all born in an optimistic era and all members of the rising middle class. To their parents, their girlfriends, and surely to themselves as well, the future must have seemed bright right up until the early morning hours of April 15, 1912... There is much that we do not know about the final hours of these men. Why did they make the decision to play on the deck that night? What was in their hearts and minds? ... Even the Titanic survivors who witnessed their final performance quibbled over some details. Did the band march or did they kneel? Was their last number "Autumn" or was it "Nearer, My God, to Thee"? Did they stop playing during the final moments and pack their instruments away or were they still playing as the ship went down? All agreed, however, that all eight band members behaved with remarkable calm and courage. Within hours of the ship's sinking, their story was circulating and they had already become heroes...

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Nelson Incorporated, Thomas
ISBN-10
1595552197
ISBN-13
9781595552198
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Book Title
Band That Played on : the Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic
Author
Thomas Nelson Publishing Staff, Steve Turner
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / General
Publication Year
2011
Genre
History
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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9.2in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
18 Oz

Additional Product Features

Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
G530.T6t87 2011
Copyright Date
2011
Lccn
2010-047182
Dewey Decimal
910.9163/4
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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by xQ4RQ6X0QE6@Del...Jun 18, 2011
At last names and faces hearts and souls of the 8 who went down..
Fantastic Read from the intimate stories of each band members journey on how they got to the point of boarding the Titanic to the last moments of them kneeling on the deck as the ship lifted when there was no more to know the author goes into details of the how the family members coped with the tragic news and the scandal of how the ship builders delayed the rescue ships docking in order to come up with a excuse why the Titanic hit the iceberg in the first place and the lawsuits to follow.. This book puts a heart and soul on the 8 hero's who played their hearts out in order to keep calm..and ended with the tombstones some left very plain in order to maintain privacy a sad but bittersweet read..this is a keeper..
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by pasturederelictDec 13, 2011
unsung heroes now sung
A good follow-up to some 'unsung' heroes. Many will find this book inspiring. The author has gone to great lengths to establish a historic backdrop for the musicians that died upon the Titanic. This is a very interesting read, filled with faith. The only concern with a series of stories such as this is how much 'reading into' the details of his research the author does.

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