The Carpathia was sailing from New York City on the night the Titanic sank. She received a distress signal from the sinking ship and was able to rescue over 700 survivors. This book is the autobiography of the Carpathia's captain, Arthur Rostron (1869-1940) and was originally published as 'Home from the Sea' in 1931. Rostron held commands on a number of other ships, including Cunard's Mauretania. The book covers his entire career from his apprenticeship on a clipper in 1887 to his retirement in 1931. The chapter on the Titanic disaster is fairly brief but includes a large number of black and white photographs relevant to the subject.