Walter Lord
Walter Lord
John Walter Lord, Jr., was an American author, best known for his documentary-style non-fiction account A Night to Remember, about the sinking of the RMS Titanic...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth8 October 1917
CountryUnited States of America
courage men odds
Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor - that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory.
birthday cake sagging
Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.
funny-things people today
It's a funny thing, but today the Titanic is probably much more - that is people are much more aware of it than they were in 1954, when I was doing my research.
couple thinking talking
There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years had passed but mostly the people were very interested in talking about it.