{"product_id":"9781504049344","title":"Collision Course: The Classic Story of the Collision of the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eMoscow, Alvin\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOpen Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe definitive \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling account: “One of the most intriguing and thought-provoking books about shipwreck since \u003ci\u003eA Night to Remember\u003c\/i\u003e” (\u003ci\u003eThe Detroit News\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e One of the largest, fastest, and most beautiful ships in the world, the \u003ci\u003eAndrea Doria\u003c\/i\u003e was on her way to New York from her home port in Genoa. Departing from the United States was the much smaller \u003ci\u003eStockholm\u003c\/i\u003e. On the foggy night of July 25, 1956, fifty-three miles southeast of Nantucket in the North Atlantic, the \u003ci\u003eStockholm \u003c\/i\u003esliced through the \u003ci\u003eDoria\u003c\/i\u003e’s steel hull. Within minutes, water was pouring into the Italian liner. Eleven hours later, she capsized and sank into the ocean.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this “electrifying book,” Associated Press journalist Alvin Moscow, who covered the court hearings that sought to explain the causes of the tragedy and interviewed all the principals, re-creates with compelling accuracy the actions of the ships’ officers and crews, and the terrifying experiences of the \u003ci\u003eDoria\u003c\/i\u003e’s passengers as they struggled to evacuate a craft listing so severely that only half of its lifeboats could be launched (\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e). Recounting the heroic, rapid response of other ships—which averted a catastrophe of the same scale as that of the \u003ci\u003eTitanic—\u003c\/i\u003eand the official inquest, Moscow delivers a fact-filled, fascinating drama of this infamous maritime disaster, and explains how a supposedly unsinkable ship ended up at the bottom of the sea.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Walter Lord, author of \u003ci\u003eA Night to Remember\u003c\/i\u003e, said of \u003ci\u003eCollision Course\u003c\/i\u003e: “More than a magnificent analysis of the accident and sinking; it is a warmly compassionate document, full of understanding for the people on each side.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46616440570111,"sku":"9781504049344","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/Jacket_b63556f2-59d1-4886-afdb-72c44955cad8.jpg?v=1740031177","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781504049344","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}