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The Story of the Wreck of the Titanic

par Marshall Everett

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"With newly commissioned artwork, Wreck and Sinking of the 'Titanic' is a deluxe reproduction of the 1912 memorial edition edited by the great descriptive writer Marshall Everett and published immediately after the even occurred. This collectible volume gives a sobering account of the disaster, detailing exciting escapes from death and acts of heroism not equaled in ancient or modern times."--P. 4 of cover.… (plus d'informations)
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"Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic: the Ocean's Greatest Disaster" was an interesting look at both the Titanic disaster itself and the world of 1912. It was an interesting reprinting of a 1912 book dealing with the disaster published not too long after the event itself. It contains individual essays on various topics, reprinting of statements and articles from several different newspapers, testimony given during the Smith Committee, details of the sinking from multiples persons and numerous other personal accounts.

It was highly repetitive and was overly sentimental regarding the "heroic" deaths of men that could have and should have been saved, but for a useless sense of honor that dictated to them that it was better to leave a seat on a lifeboat empty than to fill it himself. Also, many of the facts contained with in were erroneous, with some even known to be so in 1912. For example, the statement "the entire length of the great ship on the starboard side was ripped" (p. 26) was ludicrous, if that had occurred Titanic would have sunk in 20 minutes, not 2 1/2 hours. Even back in 1912, the evidence did bore out this assessment. Another example would be the assertion that "the fact that the awful loss of life was avoidable by the simple provision of sufficient lifeboats" (p. 9). This was patently false, as the officers of Titanic didn't even have enough time to launch the 20 boats she did have, before her list was too great to effectively launch them, let alone the 20 that would have been needed to removing all passengers and crew.

Though the first hand accounts are quite interesting, as is the details included from the Smith Committee, there was far too much repetition and an excess of sentimentality to make this book an easy read; instead it is one that must be taken in small sections, spread out over days. Also, any data contained within its pages must be suspect, even the first person accounts, and thus would need to be cross-checked before being used in any sort of research paper or book. In fact, I would shy away from using it in this context, instead it might be useful when writing about the public's reaction to the disaster.

Finally, unfortunately, though I strove to "love" "Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic: the Ocean's Greatest Disaster", I was unable to accomplish anything higher than merely "liking" it. ( )
  ThothJ | Dec 4, 2015 |
"Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic: the Ocean's Greatest Disaster" was an interesting look at both the Titanic disaster itself and the world of 1912. It was an interesting reprinting of a 1912 book dealing with the disaster published not too long after the event itself. It contains individual essays on various topics, reprinting of statements and articles from several different newspapers, testimony given during the Smith Committee, details of the sinking from multiples persons and numerous other personal accounts.

It was highly repetitive and was overly sentimental regarding the "heroic" deaths of men that could have and should have been saved, but for a useless sense of honor that dictated to them that it was better to leave a seat on a lifeboat empty than to fill it himself. Also, many of the facts contained with in were erroneous, with some even known to be so in 1912. For example, the statement "the entire length of the great ship on the starboard side was ripped" (p. 26) was ludicrous, if that had occurred Titanic would have sunk in 20 minutes, not 2 1/2 hours. Even back in 1912, the evidence did bore out this assessment. Another example would be the assertion that "the fact that the awful loss of life was avoidable by the simple provision of sufficient lifeboats" (p. 9). This was patently false, as the officers of Titanic didn't even have enough time to launch the 20 boats she did have, before her list was too great to effectively launch them, let alone the 20 that would have been needed to removing all passengers and crew.

Though the first hand accounts are quite interesting, as is the details included from the Smith Committee, there was far too much repetition and an excess of sentimentality to make this book an easy read; instead it is one that must be taken in small sections, spread out over days. Also, any data contained within its pages must be suspect, even the first person accounts, and thus would need to be cross-checked before being used in any sort of research paper or book. In fact, I would shy away from using it in this context, instead it might be useful when writing about the public's reaction to the disaster.

Finally, unfortunately, though I strove to "love" "Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic: the Ocean's Greatest Disaster", I was unable to accomplish anything higher than merely "liking" it. ( )
  ThothJ | Dec 3, 2015 |
"Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic: the Ocean's Greatest Disaster" was an interesting look at both the Titanic disaster itself and the world of 1912. It was an interesting reprinting of a 1912 book dealing with the disaster published not too long after the event itself. It contains individual essays on various topics, reprinting of statements and articles from several different newspapers, testimony given during the Smith Committee, details of the sinking from multiples persons and numerous other personal accounts.

It was highly repetitive and was overly sentimental regarding the "heroic" deaths of men that could have and should have been saved, but for a useless sense of honor that dictated to them that it was better to leave a seat on a lifeboat empty than to fill it himself. Also, many of the facts contained with in were erroneous, with some even known to be so in 1912. For example, the statement "the entire length of the great ship on the starboard side was ripped" (p. 26) was ludicrous, if that had occurred Titanic would have sunk in 20 minutes, not 2 1/2 hours. Even back in 1912, the evidence did bore out this assessment. Another example would be the assertion that "the fact that the awful loss of life was avoidable by the simple provision of sufficient lifeboats" (p. 9). This was patently false, as the officers of Titanic didn't even have enough time to launch the 20 boats she did have, before her list was too great to effectively launch them, let alone the 20 that would have been needed to removing all passengers and crew.

Though the first hand accounts are quite interesting, as is the details included from the Smith Committee, there was far too much repetition and an excess of sentimentality to make this book an easy read; instead it is one that must be taken in small sections, spread out over days. Also, any data contained within its pages must be suspect, even the first person accounts, and thus would need to be cross-checked before being used in any sort of research paper or book. In fact, I would shy away from using it in this context, instead it might be useful when writing about the public's reaction to the disaster.

Finally, unfortunately, though I strove to "love" "Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic: the Ocean's Greatest Disaster", I was unable to accomplish anything higher than merely "liking" it. ( )
  ThothJ | Dec 3, 2015 |
"Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic: the Ocean's Greatest Disaster" was an interesting look at both the Titanic disaster itself and the world of 1912. It was an interesting reprinting of a 1912 book dealing with the disaster published not too long after the event itself. It contains individual essays on various topics, reprinting of statements and articles from several different newspapers, testimony given during the Smith Committee, details of the sinking from multiples persons and numerous other personal accounts.

It was highly repetitive and was overly sentimental regarding the "heroic" deaths of men that could have and should have been saved, but for a useless sense of honor that dictated to them that it was better to leave a seat on a lifeboat empty than to fill it himself. Also, many of the facts contained with in were erroneous, with some even known to be so in 1912. For example, the statement "the entire length of the great ship on the starboard side was ripped" (p. 26) was ludicrous, if that had occurred Titanic would have sunk in 20 minutes, not 2 1/2 hours. Even back in 1912, the evidence did bore out this assessment. Another example would be the assertion that "the fact that the awful loss of life was avoidable by the simple provision of sufficient lifeboats" (p. 9). This was patently false, as the officers of Titanic didn't even have enough time to launch the 20 boats she did have, before her list was too great to effectively launch them, let alone the 20 that would have been needed to removing all passengers and crew.

Though the first hand accounts are quite interesting, as is the details included from the Smith Committee, there was far too much repetition and an excess of sentimentality to make this book an easy read; instead it is one that must be taken in small sections, spread out over days. Also, any data contained within its pages must be suspect, even the first person accounts, and thus would need to be cross-checked before being used in any sort of research paper or book. In fact, I would shy away from using it in this context, instead it might be useful when writing about the public's reaction to the disaster.

Finally, unfortunately, though I strove to "love" "Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic: the Ocean's Greatest Disaster", I was unable to accomplish anything higher than merely "liking" it. ( )
  ThothJ | Dec 3, 2015 |
A must for all Titanic enthusiasts to read , and keep in their collection. ( )
  jcozart | May 28, 2015 |
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Oh, what a burial was here! Not as when one is borne from his home among weeping throngs and gently carried to the green fields, and laid peacefully beneath the turf & flowers. No priest stood to perform a burial service. It was an ocean grave. The mists lone shrouded the burial place. No spade prepared the grave, no sexton filled up the hollowed earth. Down, down they sank, and the quick returning waters smoothed out every ripple and left the sea as though it had not been!
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Dedicated to those who by their acts and deeds followed in the footsteps of HIM who suffered on the Cross, and who now sleep in unmarked sepulchers of the sea.

Greater love hath no man, than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend.
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Preface: The disastrous collision, with an iceberg in mid-ocean, of the mighty ocean liner - the Titanic - the finest example of modern ship building - and the awful loss of 1,595 of the 2,340 passengers aboard, goes down easily in history as the greatest of ocean catastrophes.
AS the Titanic drew away from the wharf to begin her only voyage, a common emotion quickened the thousands who were aboard her.
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"With newly commissioned artwork, Wreck and Sinking of the 'Titanic' is a deluxe reproduction of the 1912 memorial edition edited by the great descriptive writer Marshall Everett and published immediately after the even occurred. This collectible volume gives a sobering account of the disaster, detailing exciting escapes from death and acts of heroism not equaled in ancient or modern times."--P. 4 of cover.

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