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For Mary Ann Whitley, who wrote the book "Ohio Tales of the Titanic," the Buckeye State's connection to the Titanic runs deep.
As a first-class maid, one just 23 years old, she was one of the ... Before the final fateful voyage of the Titanic, Jenny had a litter of kittens. In her published book, Violet says that before ...
“They tend to salute us, being an ‘old girl’.” A stubborn myth persists that Titanic was speeding in order to snatch the Blue Riband, when it met with its icy fate. It’s true ...
Astor was on the ship returning home from a monthslong honeymoon with his new wife, Madeleine Talmage Force, who, at 18 years old ... on the Titanic. According to the 2011 book "Titanic Love ...
The historian and Alabama native, who had written a book ... as the Titanic sank. Instead, he reportedly spent his final hours reading in the first-class smoking room. He was 62 years old.
“It was a single nerve centre at which an enemy could strike with potentially deadly effect,” wrote historian Bernard Knowles in his 1951 book “Southampton ... being an ‘old girl’.” A stubborn myth ...
But it’s all been settled with the release of a new book by Dan E. Parkes who claims that Smith died in the water with his ...