Titanic Survivor: The Memoirs of Violet Jessop - Stewardess

Violet Jessop

Boronia Press, 1998 - Biography & Autobiography - 238 pages

Violet Jessop's life is an inspiring story of survival. She was born in 1887 in Argentina, the eldest child of Irish immigrants. At the age of 21 she became the breadwinner for her widowed mother and five siblings when she commenced a career as a stewardess that was to span 40 years. She survived the sinking of the Titanic and for most people one sinking would be enough. But Violet also survived the sinking of the hospital ship Britannic and for her, this disaster was even more horrifying. Her attitude to life was formed during a youth burdened with life threatening illnesses.

About the author

John Kurtz Maxtone-Graham (August 2, 1929 - July 6, 2015) was a speaker and writer on ocean liners and maritime history. He was born in Orange, New Jersey and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey. He graduated from Brown University in 1951. He served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War and had once worked unsuccessfully as a Broadway stage manager. In 1972, he wrote his first book on ocean liners, The Only Way to Cross, to be followed by numerous other books for small publishing houses. France/Norway, was published in 2010, and in March 2012 he wrote and published Titanic Tragedy. He is the father of writer Ian Maxtone-Graham. John Maxtone-Graham died from respiratory failure in Manhattan on July 6, 2015, aged 85.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Titanic Survivor: The Memoirs of Violet Jessop - Stewardess
• Author: Violet Jessop
• Editor: John Maxtone-Graham
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Boronia Press, 1998
• ISBN: 0646352776, 9780646352770
• Length: 238 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs