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Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.

Walter Lord

Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.

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About Walter Lord

John Walter Lord Jr. (October 8, 1917 – May 19, 2002) was an American author, lawyer, copywriter and popular historian best known for his 1955 account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, A Night to Remember.