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Walter Lord


Born
in Baltimore, Maryland, The United States
October 08, 1917

Died
March 19, 2002

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Walter Lord was an American author, best known for his documentary-style non-fiction account, A Night to Remember, about the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

In 2009, Jenny Lawrence edited and published The Way It Was: Walter Lord on His Life and Books.

Average rating: 4.1 · 45,902 ratings · 3,859 reviews · 59 distinct worksSimilar authors
A Night to Remember

4.09 avg rating — 27,439 ratings — published 1955 — 221 editions
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The Miracle of Dunkirk

3.99 avg rating — 5,073 ratings — published 1982 — 44 editions
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Day of Infamy

4.12 avg rating — 4,746 ratings — published 1957 — 111 editions
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Incredible Victory: The Bat...

4.29 avg rating — 2,789 ratings — published 1967 — 55 editions
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The Night Lives On: The Unt...

4.10 avg rating — 2,523 ratings — published 1986 — 27 editions
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Lonely Vigil: Coastwatchers...

4.29 avg rating — 826 ratings — published 1977 — 31 editions
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A Time to Stand: The Epic o...

4.04 avg rating — 801 ratings — published 1961 — 32 editions
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The Good Years: From 1900 t...

4.09 avg rating — 513 ratings — published 1960 — 43 editions
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The Dawn's Early Light

4.03 avg rating — 516 ratings — published 1972 — 26 editions
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The Complete Titanic Chroni...

4.42 avg rating — 167 ratings7 editions
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“The Titanic woke them up. Never again would they be quite so sure of themselves. In technology especially, the disaster was a terrible blow. Here was the "unsinkable ship" -- perhaps man's greatest engineering achievement -- going down the first time it sailed.

But it went beyond that. If this supreme achievement was so terribly fragile, what about everything else? If wealth mean so little on this cold April night, did it mean so much the rest of the year?”
Walter Lord, A Night to Remember

“The night was a magnificent confirmation of "women and children first," yet somehow the loss rate was higher for Third Class children than First Class men.”
Walter Lord, A Night to Remember

“Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor - that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory.”
Walter Lord, Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway

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