| Down Amongst the Black Gang: The World and Workplace of RMS Titanic's Stokers Contributor(s): Kerbrech, Richard P. de (Author) |
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ISBN: 075249323X ISBN-13: 9780752493237 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - History - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.80 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Down in the fiery belly of the luxury liner RMS Titanic, a world away from the first-class dining rooms and sedate tours of the deck, toiled the 'black gang'. Their work was gruelling and hot, and here de Kerbrech introduces the reader to the dimly lit world and workplace of Titanic's stokers. Beginning with a journey around some of the major elements of machinery that one might encounter in the giant ship's engine and boiler rooms, those with a technical mind would be sated, while the accessible style would aid the lay reader in this more specialist title. The human side of working for the most famous liner is also involved in an exploration of stokers' duties, environment and conditions: what it was like to be one of the 'black gang'. |