{"product_id":"the-lusitania-sinking-eyewitness-accounts-from-survivors-9781459743489","title":"The Lusitania Sinking: Eyewitness Accounts from Survivors","description":"\u003cb\u003eUncertain of their son's fate, his family leaped into action.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The sinking of the passenger liner \u003ci\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e was a maritime disaster that may have changed the course of history by making American involvement in World War I almost inevitable. This part of the story has been told before but here, for the first time, \u003ci\u003eThe Lusitania Sinking\u003c\/i\u003e has a far more personal tale to tell, of a family looking for information on their son's death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On 1 May 1915 Preston Prichard, a 29-year-old student, embarked as a second-class passenger on the \u003ci\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e, bound from New York for Liverpool. Just after 2 p.m. on 7 May, a single torpedo, fired by the German submarine \u003ci\u003eU-20\u003c\/i\u003e, caused a massive explosion in the \u003ci\u003eLusitania\u003c\/i\u003e's hold, and the ship began sinking rapidly. Within 20 minutes she disappeared and 1,198 men, women and children, including Preston, died.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preston's mother wrote hundreds of letters to survivors to find out more about what might have happened in his last moments. The replies she received included an extensive selection of moving and evocative survivors' accounts. Although this was not Mrs Prichard's intention, she thus assembled an outstanding collection of vivid first-hand recollections. \u003ci\u003eThe Lusitania Sinking\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of this tragedy using this previously unseen historical treasure trove.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459743489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Anthony Richards","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651768840348,"sku":"9781459743489","price":31.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_07918da6-6c7e-4d09-8036-f9c5666ef201.jpg?v=1603878313","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lusitania-sinking-eyewitness-accounts-from-survivors-9781459743489","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}