Wilson (The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth, 2009) tells the story of the Titanic's polarizing owner, who was aboard the vessel and survived its fatal 1912 collision with an iceberg.
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"Wholly engrossing narrative of a crowning example of catastrophic hubris."
Matsen (Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss, 2005, etc.) provides an intriguing postmortem of design-safety compromises on the "Ship of Dreams."
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"She displays the same qualities as a writer. (35 b&w photos, not seen)"
Jessop's transporting backstage recollections of life at sea as a stewardess, including hurried departures from the Titanic and Brittanic.
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"The book will more than satisfy those for whom this voyage is an apparently unlimited source of fascination. (Nonfiction. 9-11)"
In this work subtitled ``What It Was Like When the Great Liner Sank,'' the powerful, detailed, and realistic paintings by Marschall will enthrall readers and draw them into the mystery of the famous ocean liner's fate.
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"Engrossing and original perspectives on a maritime misfortune that retains its fascination deep into the space age. (photos and maps, not seen)"
A wide-ranging assessment of how and why the sinking of the Titanic has remained a perdurable part of the West's sociocultural heritage.
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