Thomas andrews titanic designer biography
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Biography of the late Mr Thomas Andrews
The story of the life of Mr. Thomas Andrews, who went down in the Titanic, to the intense grief of all who knew him, is told ably and sympathetically in this volume by Mr.
Shan F. Bullock, an Ulsterman, whose novels are mainly concerned with his native province.
Thomas andrews titanic designer biography
The Right Honourable Sir Horace Plunkett, in the introduction, states that the book has been written at the request of a few Irishmen, including himself, who thought, "how the life of the shipbuilder who died so nobly could be given its due place in the history of our times—how the lesson that life could be handed down to the builders of ships and other things in the Ireland of our dreams.” The circumstances in which he died are well known, and will never be forgotten.
"To him,” writes Sir Horace, "the supreme test came—came in circumstances demanding almost superhuman fortitude and self-control. There was not the wild excitement of battle to sustain him; death had to be faced calmly