jack thayer

To make Titanic’s story more tangible, I have purchased a few items that help me get closer to the ship and its passengers. I'm curious if others do the same and what items they cherish? To break the ice, I'll share my small collection with a brief explanation for each item. I'd love to hear and...

Hello again, is it known if Jack Thayer kept in touch with any other survivor? I don’t know why, but I’ve always been interested in his relationship with Lightoller or Bride, who were with him on Collapsible B. Did Jack make any comment on Lightoller, and was there further contact between him...

I've read through the other forum posts in case someone else has already asked, but as far as I can tell, no one has. How can I find and read the entirety of Jack Thayer's original account of April 14th/15th? I know it comes from an original 1940 publication that was very limited, but surely...

John (Jack) Borland Thayer III, age 17, First Class. Of course people who have done enough research on titanic have heard of this kid. But after reading and falsifying countless accounts of what happened during the final plunge to him, I can now tell you what is probably the true account of...

Jack Thayer jumped from the ship at 2:15, that is also the same time the first funnel fell. Jack said he heard a deep below within the ship and that it sounded like breaking china. That is what other survivors said the first funnel sounded like when it fell. But Thayer never specifically said...

Hi all! James here. Just wanted to share with you a project I am working on. Over the past 5-7 months, I had dreams in which I spoke to John "Jack" Borland Thayer III (Jack Thayer). He has an amazing story that is filled with tragedy and heartbreak. The purpose of this book is to educate people...

A collage of Titanic-related illustrations and accounts.

For the last 33 years I have tried to get a mental picture of the final minutes of the Titanic sinking during which First Class passengers and friends Jack Thayer and Milton Long 'jumped for their lives'; and why the former survived and the latter did not. It has been said that Jack was a...

This might sound like a silly question, given how Jack often wrote about the situation, but this question suddenly struck me - did Jack ever openly discuss the disaster as say Lawrence Beesley did? There's a number of survivors who never spoke of the disaster. If I recall there's a number of...

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My wife inherited a signed and numbered copy (inscribed and signed to her grandfather by the author) of John B. Thayer's The Sinking of the S.S. Titanic, April 14-15, 1912. It is one of 500 numbered and signed copies printed privately in 1940 and is in good shape. My wife wishes to sell...

Did anyone who attended the Widner's dinner party in honor of E.J. Smith, and then survived the sinking, leave any detailed accounts of the party? I'd love to find out at least a vague notion of what was talked about, what E.J. said, etc. Richard K.

I understand these are rare, and quite expensive, but I was wondering if anyone here, had a copy they were looking to sell. I doubt it though, Thayer's book is one to hold fast too! But if you are, please respond!

I'm intrigued by Thayer's accounts. He details the movements (accurately??) but I've never seen it depicted in the movies accurately. "He returned to the stateroom (C-68) to get his parents They went to the starboard side of A deck where John B. Thayer senior thought he saw small pieces of...

137 of 500, two author signatures plus inscription. Cover has some wear and staining (see photo) but binding is solid and tight. Pages are in great condition. I'm not a bibliophile so I don't know the "official" terms for condition. Please contact me privately if interested. Thanks, Chris

I have an inscribed copy of Jack Thayer's "Sinking of the SS Titanic". The first name on the inscription is Frank but the last name is hard to make out: I think it may be Withington (note the similarity to the word "with" in "with best regards") but I can't be sure. Does anyone know...

hi there, im looking into my family tree, my grandmothers maiden name was thayer, she had a brother called jack and i know in some way they were related to the thayers that were onboard titanic, could someone give me some pointers as to where i can find the thayer family tree?

When Jack and Rose go down to having dinner for the grandstaircase, the boy who this behind of Rose is Jack Thayer and to his side this his father

I think there is a mistake on Jack Thayer's bio. It says that he and his wife only had two sons but on another website it said they had 3 sons and 3 daughters? Is bytenet.net right or is et right? Can someone help? Andy

The thread about passengers and how much is known about them got me thinking about the letter Jack Thayer wrote to Milton Long's parents after the disaster. I've only seen a full version of it in Michael Davie's book, and there's some mention of it in ANTR (I think). Where does the original copy...