night remember book night remember non fiction book sinking april book hugely successful considered definitive resource lord interviewed survivors disaster drawing books memoirs articles written authored follow book night lives following renewed interest story wreck found film night remember based book advice lord released publication history lord traveled olympic sister ship boy experience gave lifelong fascination lost liner later spent time olympic trying imagine huge thing sinking started reading drawing age spent years collecting memorabilia causing people note history princeton_university graduated joining new_york based advertising agency writing spare time interviewed survivors disaster night remember lord second book huge success thanks small aggressive advertising campaign carried following launch november book undoubtedly benefited popularity film coverage disaster published time months publication book sold copies remained listed best seller months published condensed versions selected june book month club paperback edition published october book print translated dozen languages success enabled lord leave world advertising time writer discovery wreck sparked new wave public interest disaster wrote follow book night lives comments immense interest world lacked spark original reached printing critical commentaries book received widespread praise contemporary critics new_york_times called stunning exciting books year atlantic monthly praised book magnificent job creative word entertainment_weekly said seamless clear researcher bible usa_today described narrative disaster secret lord success according critic kind literary arrangement contrasting bits fact emotion fashion real impression event conveyed reader walker highlighted way lord avoided telling story social class usual style previous narratives instead successfully depicted human element story showing aboard reacted disaster class american cultural historian notes way lord tells story book depicts events eyes multiple individuals violating simple chronology present overlapping series narratives writing introduction anniversary edition night remember notes time publication significant book nearly years argues book restraint extravagant mythical aspects disaster instead puts foreground stories people ship narrative builds suspense making reader care characters disaster perspective tells story highly visual way describing sights sounds night disaster live broadcast television documentary puts key lord method technique adopting unconventional approach chronology event taking imaginative approach time space hours minutes prove extremely ship infinitely complex disaster assumes order unity far away short modernist narrative constructed modernist event reviewers highlighted way lord depicted human story new_york_times called core lord account explains fascination pull powerful way downward ship legendary acts gallantry stood book invites readers place aboard asks react situation newsweek like aboard sinking ocean liner significance lord book according gave disaster retelling speak modern mass audience new set postwar concerns creation myth defining moments course lord updates popular interpretation disaster portraying world historical terms symbolic actual end era event marked end general feeling confidence uncertainty replaced ship sinking marked beginning twentieth century sequence quiet afterward notes lord underlying theme nostalgic reflection instincts exhibited disaster subsequent eclipse ideals attractive post war society celebrated role nuclear family traditional roles male female lord invocation era confidence certainty relevant theme height cold war comments nostalgia rude transitions wrought phenomena war depression civil disturbance natural disasters short events cause masses people feel uneasy wonder world took turmoil uncertainty early atomic age onset profound social changes old concepts nuclear family traditional gender roles reflected behaviour passengers mid-1950s audience gradual nature disaster respects compared nature modern technological failures air crashes time reviewer point explicitly air age death comes swiftly heroism survivors record turn wonder age yesterday thousand deaths sea worst world suffer comments kind disaster victims time prepare chose die screen adaptations book adapted twice screen production staged live adaptation screened march sponsored strand described biggest lavish expensive thing kind attempted point sets actors speaking parts gallons water costing present day prices directed provided narration practice borrowed radio dramas provided template television dramas time took similar approach book lacking dominant characters switching scenes rains narration bridge number sequences life aboard doomed liner reviewer closed declaration man confident age come end production major hit attracting million viewers greatly boosted book sales weeks broadcast second adaptation classic british drama film night remember starring kenneth widely regarded definitive cinematic telling story film came eventual director producer belfast born acquired copies book baker favorite wife decided obtain film rights actually seen launched remembered occasion met lord brought board production consultant film book nbc adaptation focusing central character second officer played conclusion reflects lord world historical theme world changed fictional conversation survivors colonel sitting overturned declares disaster different sure happened unbelievable don think feel sure collection lord died bequeathed england huge collection manuscripts original letters memorabilia gathered life write night remember donated items collection material related film items collection display museum accessed researchers
A Night to Remember (book)