A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember is a 1955 non-fiction book by Walter Lord about the sinking of the ocean liner R.M.S. ''Titanic'' in 1912. The book was very successful, and is still considered a definitive resource about the RMS Titanic. Lord authored a follow-up book, The Night Lives On, in 1986. Walter Lord had been interested in the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'' since he was child and wrote A Night to Remember while working as a copy editor at a New York ad agency. Lord interviewed over sixty survivors of the sinking and described in detail the events leading up to the Titanic striking the iceberg, the sinking and the rescue by the RMS ''Carpathia''. The book also includes facts about the Titanic, a list of passengers with those that survived in italics and other such things. In 1958, A Night to Remember was adapted into a film by writer Eric Ambler and director Roy Ward Baker. It was produced by William MacQuitty. In 1999, Animated sci-fi comedy series Futurama, had an episode in its... full article at wikipedia