ASIN: B00872VBNS
Publisher: Daniel Elton Harmon, Hornpipe Vintage Publications
Pages: 125
This centennial reader recounts the timeless story of the Titanic tragedy—with an emphasis on aspects of the saga that may be unfamiliar to many 21st-Century readers. Coincidences and lengthening postscripts abound, and countless questions linger:* Why were the lookouts in the crow's nest not equipped with binoculars?* Was there a smoldering fire in one of the coal bunkers, and if so, did it impact events before and after the iceberg collision?* What if, instead of ordering a veer to port, First Officer William Murdoch had responded to the alarm by letting the ship hit the iceberg head-on? Would damage have been lessened?* How culpable were J. Bruce Ismay, director of the shipping company, who curiously managed to find a place aboard a lifeboat? Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff Gordon, who not only took places and cast off in a third-full lifeboat but apparently discouraged the boat crew from ...
