Alexander Littlejohn sailed on the maiden voyage of both the Olympic and the Titanic. The ex-publican, whose wife had died in 1910, left his three young children, for a career at sea. Despite the trauma of surviving the sinking of the Titanic, he returned to sea in October 1912, finishing his career with the White Star Line on the Olympic, in 1914.
Based on his grandfather's 1912 account of the disaster, the author describes the events leading up to the fateful collision with the iceberg, and the final moments of the Titanic, as described by the occupants of Boat 13.
The author has appeared on BBC TV The Antiques Show, and on the video, The Titanic Phenomenon. A member of the British Titanic Society, he lectures on the subject of his grandfather and the Titanic in Great Britain and abroad.