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An unforgettable story of children in wartime, of heroism at sea, and--above all--of courage and the power of the human spirit.
On September 17, 1940, at a little after ten at night, a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner S.S. City of Benares in the North Atlantic. There were 406 people on board, but the ship's prized passengers were 90 children whose parents had elected to send their boys and girls away from Great Britain to escape the...
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This book contains the amazing story of how Eva survived the sinking of the Titanic, how her father perished and the effect it had on her life following the tragedy. The events of a few hours in her childhood remained with her vividly throughout her life, and it took Eva nearly forty years before she could talk openly about the tragedy. A Girl Aboard the Titanic is the only child eyewitness description we have of this famous maritime disaster.