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    All Stations! Distress!: April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank
    All Stations! Distress!: April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank
    All Stations! Distress!: April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank
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    All Stations! Distress!: April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank

    By Don Brown

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    THE "UNSINKABLE" MEETS THE UNTHINKABLE -- A gripping account of the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic.

    It took 4,000 men to build it, 23 tons of animal grease to slide it into the ocean, 100,000 people to wave bon voyage, but only one wrong move to tear the Titanic apart, sinking it into the pages of history. On a cold moonless night in April of 1912, 2,000 passengers--both the uber-rich enjoying a luxury cruise and the dirt-poor hoping to find a new life in America--struggled to survive. Only 700 succeeded. Lifeboats were launched half-full; women were forced to leave their husbands and sons behind; and even those who made it out alive were forever haunted, constantly wondering "why me?" Told through captivating prose and chilling first-hand accounts, Don Brown takes the pieces of the broken Titanic and gives it such a vivid shape that you'd swear you've never heard the story before.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateAug 31, 2010
    ISBN9781466818996
    All Stations! Distress!: April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank
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    Don Brown

    Don Brown is the author of Thunder in the Morning Calm, The Malacca Conspiracy, The Navy Justice Series, and The Black Sea Affair, a submarine thriller that predicted the 2008 shooting war between Russia and Georgia. Don served five years in the U.S. Navy as an officer in the Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps, which gave him an exceptional vantage point into both the Navy and the inner workings "inside-the-beltway" as an action officer assigned to the Pentagon. He left active duty in 1992 to pursue private practice, but remained on inactive status through 1999, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He and his family live in North Carolina, where he pursues his passion for penning novels about the Navy. www.donbrownbooks.com Facebook: Don-Brown  

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    • 4/5
      This was a good book but the only thing that could've been improved is that the author should have given more detail and info about the titanic and should have been more specific.

      Aliya, 9
    • 4/5
      On the night of April 15th, 1912, the Titanic, a new ocean-liner thought to be unsinkable, struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean and sunk, taking more than 1500 people down with it. Author/illustrator Don Brown chronicles that terrible night in this advanced picture-book history, incorporating the testimony of survivors, and giving a brief description of what happened to some of them, after their traumatic experiences on the sea...All Stations! Distress!: April 15, 1912, The Day the Titanic Sank was published in 2008, and was the first of Brown's Actual Times series, intended to highlight important days in American and world history. Despite being the first, it is the last of the five books in the series that I have read. I found it both informative and engrossing, and was moved to tears on more than one occasion. There are so many disturbing aspects to the Titanic story, from the arrogance and misjudgment of those who built and sailed her, to the fact that most of the inadequate number of lifeboats on board were launched less than half full. One thing that has always particularly appalled me, in a list of appalling things, is that the passengers in second and third class had such trouble getting above decks, something that prevented many of them from being saved. Granted, it was chaos on deck, but given the policy of putting women and children into the lifeboats first, the fact that many lower class passengers came up too late meant that fifty-nine children were denied a seat in one of those boats - a seat that was empty! I understand that the idea that lower class passengers were locked in down below has been disproven, but the fact remains that the lifeboats that were meant to be on their own decks were never put on board, and that they faced significant obstacles getting up to the top decks. Whether they were deliberately targeted or not, class prejudice definitely played a role in their deaths, something Brown addresses in his narrative. His accompanying artwork, done in watercolor I believe, is expressive, and captures the drama of that night. Recommended to anyone looking for a children's introduction to the sinking of the Titanic. This is a text-heavy picture-book, so I'd say it was best for upper primary and middle-grade readers.
    • 4/5
      Concise text paints a vivid picture of the sinking of the Titanic. The illustrations fit the text nicely, depicting the victims and heroes without being too saccharine. There are other books with more details and facts, but this is a very nice overview.
    • 5/5
      Author and illustrator Don Brown tells the story of the Titanic for a young audience. The tale of disaster reads like a narrative, from the time that the ship was being built to the picking up of survivors by the Carpathian. Brown incorporates memories from various survivors that would help children better grasp the tragedy. The part of the book I questioned was Brown's assertion that the 3rd class passengers were intentionally locked below the deck until the ship was about to sink. A recent documentary, Titanica, explained that the barricades were not required by the White Star Line but by the U.S. Immigration office, and if the barricades did remain locked, it was due to unintentional omission rather than intentional exclusion. I plan to show this text to my students as an example of how authors write about tragedies for younger audiences. My students have to select a historical or natural disaster, research it, and then write a children's book based on their research. Hopefully, when I share this text with them, it will lead to a discussion of how and what Brown does to explain significant loss of life to elementary students.
    • 4/5
      All Stations! Distress! is a book about the story of the Titanic. It begins with the building of the Titanic and follows all the way through the sinking. It goes on to tell of what became of some of the survivors from that fateful night. I think this book covers a lot of information about the Titanic, but doesn't give a large amount of details. This would be a good book to use to begin the story of the Titanic. I would not use it with very young children, but I think third grade could handle it.If I used this in my classroom, I would use it as a read aloud to introduce the entire issue of the Titanic. After that, I would bring in additional books about the Titanic to give them more details. Two of those books could be Ghost Liners or You Wouldn't Want to Sail on the Titanic.
    • 4/5
      The sinking of the Titanic has fascinated every generation since the fateful day on April 15, 1912. Many of the books written about it disaster are above the reading level or comprehension of elementary school students.All Stations! Distress!, generously illustrated in simple, yet serious watercolor and pencil drawings, is suitable for younger readers. It accurately recounts the gravity of the disaster without sensationalism, focusing instead on the historical facts, (100,000 people watched the initial launch of the Titanic, S.O.S. had only recently been adopted as a distress signal) as well as the actions and words of individuals on board, the famous and wealthy owner of Macy's, Isidor Straus started for the lifeboat reserved for women and children , "then returned to her husband, saying, 'We have been together for many years, and where you go I go.' "The lifeboat went without her and both perished.A bibliography follows the story. All Stations! Distress! : April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank fills a grade-specific niche. Grades 4 and up.

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