The Watch That Ends the Night, Allan Wolf
The Watch That Ends the Night, Allan Wolf
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The Watch That Ends the Night
Voices from the Titanic

Author: Allan Wolf

Narrator: Michael Page, Phil Gigante, Christopher Lane, Laural Merlington, Angela Dawe

Unabridged: 10 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/11/2011


Synopsis

Arrogance and innocence, hubris and hope--twenty-four haunting voices of the Titanic tragedy, as well as the iceberg itself, are evoked in a stunning tour de force.Millionaire John Jacob Astor hopes to bring home his pregnant teen bride with a minimum of media scandal. A beautiful Lebanese refugee, on her way to family in Florida, discovers the first stirrings of love. And an ancient iceberg glides south, anticipating its fateful encounter. The voices in this remarkable re-creation of the Titanic disaster span classes and stations, from Margaret ("the unsinkable Molly") Brown to the captain who went down with his ship; from the lookout and wireless men to a young boy in search of dragons and a gambler in search of marks. Slipping in telegraphs, undertaker's reports, and other records, poet Allan Wolf offers a breathtaking, intimate glimpse at the lives behind the tragedy, told with clear-eyed compassion and astounding emotional power.Extensive back matter includes:Author's note
Morse code with messages to decipher
Titanic miscellany
Bibliography, articles, periodicals, government documents, discography

About Allan Wolf

Allan Wolf, an expert poet and storyteller, is the author of the award-winning New Found Land: Lewis and Clark's Voyage of Discovery and the YA novel Zane's Trace. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Persephone's Pomegranate on April 28, 2025

The iceberg has its own POV in this book. I am not joking. I am the ice. I see tides ebb and flow. I've watched civilizations come and go, give birth, destroy, restore, be gone, begin. My blink of an eye is humankind’s tortoise slow. Today’s now is tomorrow’s way back when. Bright Arctic night gives way......more

Goodreads review by Tim on January 25, 2012

Novels in verse, done well, are rare. And I can show you why… This is not a poem simply because I say it is. It is not a poem because I split A sentence between several lines .............Or finger the tab key ...................Artfully. This is not a poem, no not a poem, Because I repeat a phrase here and......more

Goodreads review by Edward on October 08, 2011

So much has been written about the Titanic, it's hard to imagine an author finding a fresh perspective but Allan Wolf pulls it off and quite brilliantly. The voices of the captain, crew members, passengers from all three class, the shipboard rats, the embalmer searching for bodies floating among the......more