The original facts and details of the Titanic disaster from the newspapers of the world bring forward the story in a vivid and striking way! Join the news stories in action as the first reports told of the RMS Titanic being towed to Halifax and all the passengers saved in erroneous first reports. Learn how the survivors were saved and about the heroes of the night who sacrificed their own lives … own lives so that others may live.
The story of the heroes and the wonderful new wireless device that was so critical in saving lives as well as startling new details of a fire on board the Titanic which had been burning since the ship left port in Southampton. These details and others were on the front pages of great newspapers beginning hours after the ship sank. The U.S. Senate convened a hearing three days following the plunge to the ocean floor by the greatest ship ever built to that day.
Why did Capt. Smith ignore warnings of ice fields ahead?
Why were there only enough lifeboats for one-third of the passengers?
Was the ship speeding?
See the best photos and graphics that survive from the original coverage in this great book AND in the paperback version now available on Amazon.
This book on Kindle by a 21st century reporter looking back at the most significant disaster to that day in the 20th century will help you separate the facts from the fiction.
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Sorry,I can’t think of one positive thing to say about this book. So none of the above options can be ticked.
Sorry I cannot be more positive. Writing style was stilted
A tragic story that you would have got all this information from watching “Titanic” the movie that walked away with academy awards. Cameron may have read the book as well as others that I have read already. “A Night to Remember ” comes to mind, and was first written in 1912. I have the 1921 edition and seems to have been reissued several times. The only addition to this book can be picked up from the movie.
This book was only fairly informative. Most information was nothing new that most people already know. Very interesting pictures of the titanic and crew.
I enjoyed this book but at times I thought it was hard to follow. The author jumped around a lot. The subject is so fascinating so I was intreigued the whole time, despite my mild dislike for the format. I probably wouldn’t recommend it, but I really did enjoy the read.
The book is basically a study of the news reporting in the wake of the Titanic disaster. In following the various story leads, the newspapers invariably published errors while competing to be first to get the news out. As the facts unfolded, corrections and adjustments were made. This has always been the case with news media. I think the book shines a light on the idea of “fake news.” Do news reporters make mistakes, and even make unjustifiable inferences? Absolutely. Do news reporters intentionally deceive? Sometimes. Is this normal? Not at all. The mainstream media do an unbelievably challenging job of getting news stories to the public as quickly as possible. Occasionally, errors of fact are made and eventually. It’s just the way things work. That doesn’t mean that “fake news” is the status quo in journalism.
This book got into a lot of technical information.
Not too long but filled with many interesting information. Wish the original news articles had been legible.
Needed better editing and pictures you could see better.
This book has a lot of interesting facts about the Titanic. It relates the different stories that were written in the newspapers at the time of the tragedy. It is somewhat repetitive in its attempt to be informative.
Interesting primary source information. Repetetive
Lots of interesting info, but the nature of the book – how newspapers covered the Titanic sinking – is not a page-turner. Still, worth the read.
Great collection of facts, pictures, and news stories all about the Titanic tragedy. Not a lot of personal accounts from survivors – most information extracted from newspaper and radio reports from the day. Great historical references, but not to be read like a novel – more of a documentary of events leading up to the crash, and the days after. For anyone interested in this topic, the book is definitely worth your time – chapters are short and easy to read.