After 110 years, various documentaries and films, I thought everything that could have been said about the disaster that befell the Titanic had already been said. How wrong was I? In this new volume, Mr. Jackson presents a list of fourteen reasons why the maiden voyage was doomed , including events before the keel was laid. These include a number of events that, taken individually, would have meant little, but when combined, and added to the bad decisions taken by persons at the time created the perfect storm.
The later sections on the Numbers are illuminating. Who knew that more male passengers survived than female, for instance? He presents reasons why this should be. I liked his Timeline and the section on ‘What ifs?’
The final chapter, exposing Harland & Wolf’s cover-up of who knew what and when, is quite shocking, and teaches us that corruption and corporate reputation protection have always taken precedence over human safety. Perhaps a few modern journalists would benefit from reading it!
I really enjoyed this book, its simple style and organised presentation of information, with reference to sources current at the time made it easy to absorb a lot of information. The pictures were very interesting and appropriate.
I donated the book to our autistic Great Nephew, who is utterly obsessed with the Titanic, even to the point that he argued about the facts of the disaster with a descendant of a survivor! He will treasure this book.
Five mushroom heads.
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The later sections on the Numbers are illuminating. Who knew that more male passengers survived than female, for instance? He presents reasons why this should be. I liked his Timeline and the section on ‘What ifs?’
The final chapter, exposing Harland & Wolf’s cover-up of who knew what and when, is quite shocking, and teaches us that corruption and corporate reputation protection have always taken precedence over human safety. Perhaps a few modern journalists would benefit from reading it!
I really enjoyed this book, its simple style and organised presentation of information, with reference to sources current at the time made it easy to absorb a lot of information. The pictures were very interesting and appropriate.
I donated the book to our autistic Great Nephew, who is utterly obsessed with the Titanic, even to the point that he argued about the facts of the disaster with a descendant of a survivor! He will treasure this book.
Five mushroom heads.
Amazon product
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