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Disaster at Sea

Philip Wilkinson Capstone Press ( February 2012 ) Hardcover $17.95 ( 64pp ) 978-1-4296-7527-7

The tragedy of the Titanic has become a timeless tale about the feats and failures of modern engineering and the human spirit. This stunning, large-format book brings kids a comprehensive and fascinating look at the story just in time for the event’s one hundredth anniversary.

This book sets out with an ambitious goal: to cover the construction of the Titanic; the lifestyle of the time; the voyage, tragedy, and aftermath; plus survivor stories and modern-day explorations. Wilkinson succeeds in this goal using thorough research and varied and engaging page layouts, including cut-away diagrams, illustrated scenes, and newspaper-style pages. The book features gorgeous artwork mixed elegantly with photographs of the ship and artifacts recovered from the wreck. Even the endpapers have artwork.

A history of ocean liners, the construction of the Titanic, and the inner workings of the boat from the boiler to the bridge forms a kind of introduction. (This part is perfect for kids who like to know how things work.) Then the book discusses life on Titanic, from the luxury of the first- class rooms and facilities to the crowded life of steerage.

Before looking at the catastrophe itself, Wilkinson debunks myths about the voyage and presents a number of eerie predictions and premonitions of the ship’s demise. The tragedy is detailed in a moment-by-moment timeline: beginning with the report of ice and ending when the rescue ship, Carpathia, docks in New York City.

Wilkinson also highlights key figures in the story like Bruce Ismay, head of the White Star Line, Captain Edward John Smith, bandleader Wally Hartley, and passengers Margaret “Molly” Brown and Lady Duff Gordon.

While there’s information on many aspects of the story, the book doesn’t lose sight of its main point—the causes and effects of the crash. In addition to the kid-friendly explanations throughout, there’s a short but effective reference section in the back with an index and glossary.

Parents will love how the book visually keeps kids’ attention. Teachers will love how the crowded but clear page layouts give readers a thorough understanding of the information. Kids will love the book’s added bonuses: a fold out diagram of the ship and a poster.

Titanic: Disaster at Sea is full of information and images that fuel the imagination. This artfully rendered historical record will captivate inquisitive readers of all ages.

Reviewed by Melissa Anne Wuske January 13, 2012

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10 Best Titanic Books You Should Read To Know The Real Story

The RMS Titanic was a passenger luxury liner owned and operated by the White Star Line. Registered in Britain, it was intended to serve as a trans-Atlantic liner operating between Southampton and New York City.

It was a first in many fields at that time, including the most luxurious and the largest ship in service. Its sinking in 1912 is considered to be one of the deadliest peacetime marine disaster.

During salvage operations, it was estimated to be the largest ocean liner wreck that was still in use at the time of the sinking.

The RMS Titanic had two sister ships, RMS Olympic and HMHS Britannic, and belonged to the Olympic class of White Star ocean liners. It was constructed in the yards of Harland and Wolff, a reputed naval shipyard based out of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The ship sank on its maiden voyage in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg that had gone unnoticed. Over 1,500 passengers and crew died of hypothermia and drowning, out of the 2,224 onboard.

The sinking was caused due to rapid flooding of five holds of the ships due to damage sustained on collision with the iceberg.

Unfortunately, the Titanic had been built with watertight structures to prevent sinking only up to flooding of four holds at the fore. The vessel eventually capsized due to waterlogging and sank in a matter of hours.

Just over 700 survivors were picked up by RMS Carpathia that had responded to the distress signal. The sinking and subsequent investigations brought to light serious problems in the safety arrangements on passenger’s vessels.

This led to the creation of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea ( SOLAS ) two years after the sinking.

The tragic sinking of the luxury liner spawned many movies and books retelling the incidents that led to the fateful disaster. In this article, we look at the top 10 must-read books on the Titanic.

1. 882 ½ Amazing Answers to Your Questions About the Titanic

By Hugh Brewster, Laurie Coulter, and Ken Marschall

Aimed at being a children’s guide to the Titanic ocean liner, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in firsthand accounts of the tragic maiden voyage undertaken by the ship. In the form of 882 ½ intriguing and thought-provoking questions, the book raises queries that many readers might have encountered. Written in a clear and lucid manner, this 100-page guide is remarkably easy to understand. Illustrator Ken Marschall has included dozens of paintings, photographs, and diagrams that provide an insight into the voyage of the ship. The book is complete with featurettes on the making of James Cameron’s blockbuster film “Titanic”, as well as the real-life accounts of passengers and crew. It includes quizzes about the ship and differentiates between actual facts and myths surrounding the vessel.

• Hardcover Book
• Brewster, Hugh (Author)
• English (Publication Language)
• 96 Pages - 12/11/2018 (Publication Date) - Firefly Books (Publisher)

2. Farewell, Titanic: Her Final Legacy

By Charles Pellegrino

Published 100 years after the fateful maiden voyage of the ocean liner Titanic, author Charles Pellegrino has combined fact and a clever writing style to provide his readers with a unique perspective on the tragedy. As an expert in this field, the author provides what is considered to be the last accurate source on the Titanic prior to the wreckage eventually collapsing. Complete with firsthand accounts from the last few survivors of the ship, stunning images of the discovery, and subsequent exploration of the wreck, the book provides an in-depth analysis into the last few hours of the Titanic. It further goes on to analyze the stories of hundreds of people who lost their lives, and the international efforts taken to prevent a repeat of such a disaster. The author has also provided research material for James Cameron’s Titanic and was personally involved in the post-discovery analysis of the wreckage.

• Pellegrino, Charles (Author)
• 352 Pages - 03/01/2012 (Publication Date) - Trade Paper Press (Publisher)

3. The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era

By Gareth Russell

The Titanic claimed the lives of over 1,500 people when it sank in 1912. However, author Gareth Russel looks at the disaster through the experiences of six privileged individuals- the Countess of Rothes, the architect of the Titanic, an American model and actress, the co-owner of the renowned Macy’s departmental store, and an American captain of the industry along with his son. The compelling tale of how a journey meant to underline the luxuries of that time quickly turned into a nightmare has been beautifully woven in this a must-read thriller. The book also takes a stance on the Edwardian culture that was prevalent during the tragedy, and the subsequent criticism it faced. Complete with histories and accounts from the survivors, the book provides a full understanding of the disaster and the far-reaching effects it had on the survivors.

• Russell, Mr. Gareth (Author)
• 448 Pages - 11/19/2019 (Publication Date) - Atria Books (Publisher)

4. Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived

By Andrew Wilson

The maiden voyage of the Titanic ended in tragedy for thousands of passengers. But for 700 of them, it was a harrowing tale of survival and escape. In this book aimed at putting forward the stories of the survivors, author Andrew Wilson has crafted a gripping tale that presents a new take on the disaster. The 400-page account of those who survived the tragic sinking of the largest ocean liner of that time and the heroes and villains of that infamous night have been laid out for the reader to judge. Including the stories of the wealthier passengers, the crew, and the poor souls trapped in the bilges of the ship, the book is incredibly well-researched and is an essential read for anyone interested in the survivor’s tales of the Titanic.

• Wilson, Andrew (Author)
• 416 Pages - 03/26/2013 (Publication Date) - Atria Books (Publisher)

5. A Night to Remember

By Walter Lord

Published for the first time over 50 years ago, author Walter Lord weaves a tale of the human element that played a major role during the sinking of the Titanic. Through interviews, personal records, and well-researched facts, a whole new perspective on the last few hours of the doomed liner has been presented in this book. The fateful night of the sinking of the Titanic had many aspects to it, where some people saved lives, while others fought tooth and claw to protect themselves. Presented as a by-the-minute recreation of the tragedy, this book is a thriller that leaves you with a sense of what the last few passengers on the ship would have experienced. From those who struggled to escape from the bottom of the ship to the hundreds of passengers floating on the frigid waters waiting for rescue, every angle of the tragedy has been covered lucidly and in stunning detail.

• Used Book in Good Condition
• Lord, Walter (Author)
• 182 Pages - 01/07/2005 (Publication Date) - Griffin (Publisher)

6. DK Eyewitness Books: Titanic: Learn the Full Story of This Tragic Ship from its Famous Passengers to the Exploration of its Remains

By Simon Adams

Part of the 100 plus Eyewitness Books series published by Dorling Kindersley (DK), the book covers the history and subsequent investigation, discovery, and exploration of the doomed ocean liner- the Titanic. Including survivor accounts, historic photographs, and details on the salvage operations that were undertaken, this guide can be used as a complete authority on the subject. Stories on some of the wealthy and famous passengers have also been covered, with detailed accounts of their actions during the sinking. The book also goes into great depth on the subject of the exploration operations that were undertaken in an effort to salvage the wreckage that was discovered several decades later.

• Adams, Simon (Author)
• 72 Pages - 06/16/2014 (Publication Date) - DK Children (Publisher)

7. Inside the Titanic (A Giant Cutaway Book)

By Ken Marschall and Hugh Brewster

Through the power of visual aids and diagrams, this masterpiece by illustrator Ken Marschall presents a new way of educating today’s youth about a poignant event from the past. Aimed at young children between 6 to 9 years of age, the book presents an intriguing analysis of the plans, construction, and eventual sinking of the Titanic. Complete with cutaways that show the inner workings and structure of the ocean liner, it provides a simple and clear understanding of the vessel and the events that led up to the sinking. Included in the book is a four-page view of the entire plan of the vessel, that is aimed at building interest amongst young readers.

• 32 Pages - 07/01/1997 (Publication Date) - Madison Press Book - Little, Brown & Company (Publisher)

8. Discovery of the Titanic (Exploring the Greatest of All Lost Ships)

By Robert D. Ballard and Ken Marschall

From author Robert Ballard, the famed explorer who discovered the Titanic wreckage in 1985, and illustrator Ken Marschall who has worked on many books based on the Titanic in the past, comes this larger than life account about one of the most poignant moments in maritime history.

Based largely on the discovery and subsequent exploration that took place around the sunken ship, the book makes use of accurate details recorded by the author. Including detailed analysis of what really took place during the final hours of the doomed ship, written records have been provided to give the reader a clear idea.

Written in a lucid manner, the book further goes on to clear up many of the myths surrounding the sinking and wreckage of the ship. The book stands out for providing readers with the location of the final resting place of the Titanic.

• Robert D. Ballard (Author)
• 238 Pages - 02/01/1988 (Publication Date) - Warner/Madison Press (Publisher)

9. On A Sea of Glass: The Life and Loss of the RMS Titanic

By Tad Fitch, J. Kent Layton, and Bill Wormstedt

Constructed as a masterful retelling of the events that took place on the fateful night of 15th April 1912, “On A Sea of Glass” provides a wealth of information for avid researchers.

Based on the series of events that led up to the sinking, the book goes on to record the experiences of those who survived. Through the eyes of the persons involved in the design, construction, and launch, the first half of the book relives the experiences of those working on the ship.

The remainder of the book deals with facts and myths attached to the voyage, and analyses the memoirs and essays of the survivors recounting the finer details of what took place on the night the Titanic sank. The two-part book keeps the reader on edge throughout as they are taken on a journey of tragedy, courage and sacrifice.

10. Titanic 1912: The Original News Reporting of the Sinking of the Titanic

By Ken Rossignol

Marine historian Ken Rossignol presents the story of the Titanic from a unique perspective in this book- news reporting. Through the original reports, news clippings, and numerous interviews, it presents a clear picture of what really took place on the night the Titanic sank.

Often cited as one of the most accurate books on the subject, it is frequently used as a research tool and educational guide in schools and other institutions.

Drawing on survivor interviews, correspondence between Harland & Wolff and White Star Line, letters from the survivors, and several detailed essays on the topic, it is sure to leave the reader with a proper understanding of the topic. The lucid and clear writing also helps break down the journalistic practices of the early 20th century.

• Amazon Kindle Edition
• Fitch, Tad (Author)
• 1661 Pages - 08/28/2013 (Publication Date) - Amberley Publishing (Publisher)

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Jack is watching a luminous sunset on the bow of the ship when Rose appears, telling him she has changed her mind. Before she can explain herself, Jack tells her to close her eyes and lifts her onto the first rung of the railing. Rose spreads her arms and opens her eyes, feeling like she's flying, and the two share a passionate kiss. Back in the present day, Rose tells Brock and the others that that was the last time the Titanic ever saw daylight. Brock and Lewis share their frustration that Captain Smith chose not to heed the iceberg warnings.

Later that night, Rose invites Jack back to her first-class cabin, where Jack admires her art collection, especially a painting by Claude Monet. Rose retrieves the Heart of the Ocean from her safe, and tells Jack she wants him to draw her like "one of [his] French girls," wearing only the necklace. Rose reclines nude on a sofa, and holds still while Jack studiously draws her. Back aboard Brock's vessel, Rose describes the encounter as her most erotic experience, to her audience of rapt, enchanted listeners. However, she tells Brock and the others that she and Jack did not consummate their affair then.

Elsewhere on the ship, Lovejoy tells Cal that he has not been able to locate Rose, much to Cal's chagrin. In the wheelhouse, one of Captain Smith's officers tells him that the calm water will make icebergs difficult to notice, but Smith does not heed the warning. When Lovejoy knocks on the door of Rose's cabin, she swiftly ushers Jack into the adjoining room, and then exits through the corridor. Lovejoy spots them retreating in the hallway, at which point Jack and Rose sprint into a lobby elevator and descend laughing into E-deck.

Still being pursued by Lovejoy, Jack and Rose descend further into the ship's boiler room, and wind up in a cargo area holding luggage and automobiles. Jack opens the door to one car and pretends to chauffeur Rose around in a mock-genteel fashion, before Rose pulls him into the back seat. In the ship's crow's nest, two lookouts banter back and forth, and crew members on deck tell the ship's chief officer, William Murdoch, that they misplaced the lookouts' binoculars. In the cargo room, Jack and Rose make love in the back seat of the automobile, steaming up the windows.

Returning to his cabin, Cal opens the safe and finds Jack's drawing, and a disparaging note from Rose. When White Star Line officials search the cargo area, Jack and Rose have already escaped. The two tumble laughing back onto the deck, where Rose tells Jack that she plans to leave with him, not Cal, when the ship docks. Right above them, the two lookouts in the crow's nest spot a massive iceberg directly ahead of the ship, and immediately notify the wheelhouse. All over the ship, the crew mobilize in a blind panic, throwing the ship's engine into reverse and steering the ship leftward. Several horrified crew members look on as the ship veers slowly, eventually making contact with the iceberg.

The entire ship shudders from the impact, and several lower deck areas immediately begin flooding, including the boiler room and cargo area where Jack and Rose were just moments earlier. Murdoch tells the crew to note the time of the collision in the ship's log. Murdoch informs Captain Smith about the iceberg, while in third class, passengers have already been startled awake by water seeping into their cabins. As Tommy Ryan runs through the flooded third-class corridors, advising others to flee, White Star Line employees reassure first-class passengers that all is well. Cal tells a nearby attendant that he has been robbed, and to fetch the master-at-arms. On deck, Rose and Jack overhear Captain Smith talking with his crew, and they realize that something is terribly wrong.

Rose returns with Jack to her first-class cabin to notify Cal and Ruth about the collision, and Lovejoy surreptitiously plants the Heart of the Ocean in Jack's coat pocket as he ushers the two inside. Before Rose can explain the emergency, Cal orders the attendants to frisk Jack. Upon finding the diamond and noting that Jack's coat was reported stolen as well, the master-at-arms arrests Jack, as Rose looks on helplessly in disbelief. Congregating with Captain Smith, Murdoch, Ismay, and others, Thomas Andrews breathlessly explains that the ship will not be able to survive the damage sustained to the hull, and will sink within one to two hours. Captain Smith darkly tells Ismay that the ship will make headlines after all.

The bow of the ship is a symbolic space that Jack first explores with Fabrizio. For Jack and Fabrizio, the bow symbolizes freedom, power, and potential—the unlimited possibilities that the ship seems to afford them as a spectacular vessel heading proudly into a new world. For Jack and Rose, the bow of the ship symbolizes their passionate love as well as their imagined future together. Jack physically lifting Rose onto the railing and instructing her to spread her arms mirrors the literal ways in which he has encouraged her to become more self-possessed, and indicates the intimate level of trust between them. The fact that the scene takes place at sunset not only provides an evocative, romantic scene, but also reflects the fact that Jack and Rose's affair will be tragically cut short.

Other areas of the ship retain similar symbolic overtones. For example, Jack and Rose running through the ship’s boiler room while escaping from Lovejoy, with coal churning and fires blazing dangerously all around them, represents the fiery and sudden nature of their affair. The sequence of the film with the sunset scene, the drawing scene, and the carriage scene is in many ways the apex of Jack and Rose’s romance, and the emotional climax of the film, after which point the plot shifts dramatically to deal with the sinking of the ship.

The scene where Jack draws Rose explains to the viewer the origins behind the drawing that Brock Lovett and his team uncover at the beginning of the film. It provides psychological context and emotional resonance to an image that the materialistic Brock only studies at first because it features a gigantic diamond, the “Heart of the Ocean.” However, the film returns to the frame narrative during this pivotal moment to show how enraptured Brock and the others have become by Rose’s tale, compelled more by the dramatic events of her narrative than by whatever information it may yield about the resting place of the Heart of the Ocean.

The foreshadowing in the film intensifies as the ship nears its fatal collision with the iceberg. Cameron represents Captain Smith as a weak and pliable man, heedless of iceberg warnings and susceptible to the insidious urgings of J. Bruce Ismay. The ship’s chief officer, William Murdoch, is similarly negligent, failing to recover a lost set of binoculars for the lookouts that might have helped avert disaster. When the ship strikes the iceberg, the editing of the film becomes much more frantic, cutting quickly between various areas of the ship, as the White Star Line crew members helplessly struggle to mitigate the disaster that the audience already knows will result in the deaths of over a thousand people.

Titanic has been labeled an example of melodrama—a type of film genre that presents sensationalized events and exaggerated characters in order to rouse the audience’s emotions. The film to which Titanic was most widely compared at the time of its release was David O. Selznick’s Gone With the Wind , another epic melodrama about loss, romance, and disaster. Cameron uses the heightened, explosive romance between Jack and Rose to engage the audience emotionally in the disaster itself, and to introduce real stakes into the story—for example, whereas the audience knew going into the film that the ship would sink, they would not know the fate to befall the couple until the final act. After the ship strikes the iceberg, the film undergoes a dramatic tonal shift, becoming a propulsive action-thriller that tests the moral compass of every character introduced thus far.

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April 4, 2012

Titanic : Resonance and Reality

A century ago a great ship struck an iceberg and sank, earning a permanent place among the stories we tell—and lessons we should learn

By Daniel C. Schlenoff

The tragedy One hundred years ago, during the night of April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg, and in the small hours of the next day went down into the cold Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 1,517 lives.

There have been worse tragedies in history. Some were more violently spectacular, some still govern the daily routines of the survivors. Yet the Titanic disaster has strongly resonated with us for a century. Why? Because it is a tale of humanity as classic as a Greek tragedy. The story has been told and retold for the past century in movies , books , songs and magazine articles. Even James Cameron made a film using the Titanic saga as a backdrop.

Hubris—an excess of pride and confidence—is central to any classical tragedy. The Titanic set out from Queenstown, Ireland, on April 11, 1912, as a grand symbol of modernity and comfort. As she steamed at high speed through the dark of night her captain ignored the Cassandra-like warnings that icebergs lurked nearby, and through hubris the ship collided with one.

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Within the tale of the sinking are interwoven many ( mostly true ) vignettes of human suffering—and also some cathartic scenesof triumph. Benjamin Guggenheim and his valet shucked off their life belts and donned their formal wear, saying, "We've dressed up in our best and are prepared to go down like gentlemen." Thomas Andrews , the designer of the flawed ship, sat forlornly in the opulent smoking lounge awaiting death, perhaps contemplating this awful reversal of fortune. J. Bruce Ismay , chairman of the White Star Line (which owned the Titanic ), quietly slunk into a lifeboat and was later widely excoriated by the public for taking up a place when so many women and children were left to die on his ship. Charles John Joughin , the kitchen staff's chief baker, provides the comic relief in our retelling: He was the last person to step off the sinking ship into the ice-cold water, but was so well-fortified with liquor he survived to be picked up, his hair still dry. The " Unsinkable Molly Brown " was arguably the ship's most famous survivor: she defied convention and in an act of compassion commandeered her lifeboat to go back and look for survivors in the frigid water.

Heroes and villains. The quick and the dead. And all of this pathos communicated to the world by radio and by newspaper within hours of the tragedy.

The reality Over the past century, a more prosaic reality has appeared in our path and the mythic tale has collided with it. Every detail mentioned here has been endlessly disputed (or fabricated) since April 15, 1912. With the growth of the Internet, a host of Titanic experts have become newly obsessed with the details down to the nanoscopic level. Google shows there are now 11 million sites with "Titanic" in the URL. (There are only 1.9 million for "gigantic.")

With every assertion and counterclaim, a pattern emerges, one that is not far different from the one that Scientific American reported  two weeks after the ship went down . Despite some wonderfully creative conspiracy theories that have been floated in the past 100 years, the building and sinking of the ship is a study in failure: of engineering systems, of law, of design, of private profit versus public safety.

Unsinkable The ship was never touted by the White Star Line as unsinkable—the term " practically unsinkable " appeared in a couple of admiring reviews of the ship beforehand and was played up for ironic effect afterward. The perception in the public mind was that the ship exuded modernity and comfort, giving a great impression of solidity and safety—the same way a bank built of solid masonry does even as it founders from unstable finances. The article "Wreck of the White Star Liner Titanic " from Scientific American from April 27, 1912, shows how the ship was designed with safety in mind. Unfortunately the ship was not designed with safety as the first priority . There were watertight doors and bulkheads, but even in 1912 engineers recognized that the bulkheads did not rise high enough—some were only three meters above the waterline. But such barriers cut up the interior space and made it harder to accommodate the easy flow of fare-paying passengers, and so they were discouraged. The ship had a double bottom for safety, but the company decided to save money and interior space and not build double sides. After the sinking, engineers immediately retrofitted the Titanic ’s sister ship Olympic with a double hull.

Lifeboats These days we believe there must have been a special kind of Dionysian madness to send a ship into the ocean without enough lifeboats to carry every soul on board. Early designs for the Titanic did in fact call for 64 lifeboats, but by the time the ship was launched, the company had whittled that complement down to 20.

Astonishingly, the number of boats carried was actually above and beyond what was legally required by the British Board of Trade for seagoing ocean liners. One argument said that a full complement of lifeboats would have made the ship too top-heavy, perhaps risking capsize. Another argument was that in an emergency the lifeboats would not have time to be loaded and launched, especially if the ship was heeling over. But the main reason for dispensing with lifeboats may have been to provide plenty of room for luxurious sundecks and sumptuous parlors for the pleasure of the well-to-do passengers. There were certainly plenty of technical fixes available: the front cover of Scientific American from April 27, 2012 , shows one possible solution of stacking all the boats on the top deck.

Speed in ice fields The Titanic was never designed to be as fast as more powerful competitor ships. A fast first crossing, though, made for good media image and better business for the White Star Line in the highly competitive transatlantic steamer business. Therefore, quite possibly, the chairman of the company, J. Bruce Ismay, pushed the venerable Capt. Edward John Smith to steam ahead with all possible speed. Other ships in the area had radioed that they had seen icebergs, and Smith may have altered course slightly to avoid possible locations of these known hazards, but in the balance between speed and risk, the company line won out. Yet there was no shortage of knowledge about the perils of ice, as you can see from this April 27, 1912, Scientific American article . Sonar was developed within the next two years as a way to avoid icebergs.

The blow For many years it was widely believed that only a giant ripping gash torn by the iceberg could have doomed such a magnificent ship. A " 300-foot gash in the hull " was often mentioned—just like the image we show in our issue from two weeks after the tragedy:

Later calculations looked at the rate with which water flooded the ship during the two hours and 40 minutes it stayed afloat after the collision and showed that "the gash" in reality would have resulted in only slight damage to the hull, perhaps amounting a dozen square meters in total. This deduction was confirmed in 1985 when submersibles imaged the hull of the Titanic resting on the ocean floor four kilometers down. The images revealed several small gashes, or perhaps several hull plates had popped apart giving the illusion of gashes. (Historians have suggested that the wrought iron rivets holding the plates together were not as strong as they should have been.)

Conclusion As the complexity of engineering projects increases exponentially, so does the focus on safety. Within any system there is no danger more potent, more capable of causing harm, than human frailty. In January of 2012 the Costa Concordia, the largest luxury liner built in Italy, manufactured at the Fincantieri shipyards in the ancient seafaring city of Genoa to the highest standards of safety specified by law, struck a reef in the Mediterranean, and partially capsized, killing dozens of people. The ship's captain, Francesco Schettino, seems to have steered his ship onto the rocks in a moment of weakness : The courts and the tabloids as well as armchair experts of the Internet are still disputing whether that weakness had anything to do with a comely 25-year-old Moldovan ex-dancer —and a Roman god called Cupid.

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Titanic summary

Learn about the titanic, the circumstances of its sinking, and the discovery of its wreckage.

Titanic , British luxury passenger liner that sank on April 15, 1912, en route to New York from Southampton, England, on its maiden voyage.

The largest and most luxurious ship afloat, the Titanic had a double-bottomed hull divided into 16 watertight compartments. Because four of these could be flooded without endangering its buoyancy, it was considered unsinkable. Shortly before midnight on April 14, it collided with an iceberg southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland; five compartments ruptured and the ship sank. Some 1,500 of its 2,200 passengers died.

After the disaster, new rules were drawn up requiring that the number of places in lifeboats equal the number of passengers (the Titanic had only 1,178 lifeboat places for 2,224 passengers) and that all ships maintain a 24-hour radio watch for distress signals (a ship less than 20 mi [32 km] away had not heard the Titanic ’s distress signal because no one had been on duty). The International Ice Patrol was established to monitor icebergs in shipping lanes.

In 1985 Robert Ballard found the wreck of the Titanic lying upright in two pieces at a depth of 13,000 ft (4,000 m). American and French scientists explored it using an uncrewed submersible.

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by Lauren Tarshis ; illustrated by Haus Studio ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 4, 2020

A fresh and interesting adaptation, making for an easy crowd pleaser.

A popular prose series gets a graphic revitalization.

Faithfully following its predecessor, the book introduces readers to 10-year-old George, an American boy traveling first class on the Titanic with his aunt Daisy and little sister, Phoebe. When the fateful collision between boat and berg occurs, Phoebe goes missing. As the arctic waters rise, George sets out to find her. Although panic mounts all around, it seems that George’s privilege will save him, until he is shocked to discover otherwise. After the Titanic goes down and he’s safe back at home, George wrestles with his anxieties in a way that is accessibly age-appropriate, albeit a bit facile. In the vein of other graphic adaptations of bestselling series (like the evergreen The Baby Sitter’s Club), the first installment of Tarshis’ sprawling prose disaster oeuvre for young readers is reimagined in visually interesting full-color comic panels that support its recognizable thrilling pace and convenient twists. Many of the most exciting scenes are largely wordless, spotlighting the propulsive action amid growing tensions. New backmatter includes interesting historical facts and photographs of persons and places of interest, including pictures of the first-, second-, and third-class cabins and of relics recovered from the shipwreck. Also included are lists of further reading, both fiction and nonfiction. George, Phoebe, and Daisy are white, as are nearly all the secondary characters as well.    

Pub Date: Feb. 4, 2020

ISBN: 978-1-338-12092-9

Page Count: 160

Publisher: Graphix/Scholastic

Review Posted Online: Oct. 12, 2019

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 2019

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Like a great iron Sphinx on the ocean floor, the Titanic faces still toward the West, interrupted forever on its only voyage. We see it in the opening shots of “Titanic,” encrusted with the silt of 85 years; a remote-controlled TV camera snakes its way inside, down corridors and through doorways, showing us staterooms built for millionaires and inherited by crustaceans.

These shots strike precisely the right note; the ship calls from its grave for its story to be told, and if the story is made of showbiz and hype, smoke and mirrors--well, so was the Titanic. She was “the largest moving work of man in all history,” a character boasts, neatly dismissing the Pyramids and the Great Wall. There is a shot of her, early in the film, sweeping majestically beneath the camera from bow to stern, nearly 900 feet long and “unsinkable,” it was claimed, until an iceberg made an irrefutable reply.

James Cameron's 194-minute, $200 million film of the tragic voyage is in the tradition of the great Hollywood epics. It is flawlessly crafted, intelligently constructed, strongly acted and spellbinding. If its story stays well within the traditional formulas for such pictures, well, you don't choose the most expensive film ever made as your opportunity to reinvent the wheel.

We know before the movie begins that certain things must happen. We must see the Titanic sail and sink, and be convinced we are looking at a real ship. There must be a human story--probably a romance--involving a few of the passengers. There must be vignettes involving some of the rest and a subplot involving the arrogance and pride of the ship's builders--and perhaps also their courage and dignity. And there must be a reenactment of the ship's terrible death throes; it took two and a half hours to sink, so that everyone aboard had time to know what was happening, and to consider their actions.

All of those elements are present in Cameron's “Titanic,” weighted and balanced like ballast, so that the film always seems in proportion. The ship was made out of models (large and small), visual effects and computer animation. You know intellectually that you're not looking at a real ocean liner--but the illusion is convincing and seamless. The special effects don't call inappropriate attention to themselves but get the job done.

The human story involves an 17-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater ( Kate Winslet ) who is sailing to what she sees as her own personal doom: She has been forced by her penniless mother to become engaged to marry a rich, supercilious snob named Cal Hockley ( Billy Zane ), and so bitterly does she hate this prospect that she tries to kill herself by jumping from the ship. She is saved by Jack Dawson ( Leonardo DiCaprio ), a brash kid from steerage, and of course they will fall in love during the brief time left to them.

The screenplay tells their story in a way that unobtrusively shows off the ship. Jack is invited to join Rose's party at dinner in the first class dining room, and later, fleeing from Cal's manservant, Lovejoy ( David Warner ), they find themselves first in the awesome engine room, with pistons as tall as churches, and then at a rousing Irish dance in the crowded steerage. (At one point Rose gives Lovejoy the finger; did young ladies do that in 1912?) Their exploration is intercut with scenes from the command deck, where the captain ( Bernard Hill ) consults with Andrews ( Victor Garber ), the ship's designer and Ismay ( Jonathan Hyde ), the White Star Line's managing director.

Ismay wants the ship to break the trans-Atlantic speed record. He is warned that icebergs may have floated into the hazardous northern crossing but is scornful of danger. The Titanic can easily break the speed record but is too massive to turn quickly at high speed; there is an agonizing sequence that almost seems to play in slow motion, as the ship strains and shudders to turn away from an iceberg in its path--and fails.

We understand exactly what is happening at that moment because of an ingenious story technique by Cameron, who frames and explains the entire voyage in a modern story. The opening shots of the real Titanic, we are told, are obtained during an expedition led by Brock Lovett ( Bill Paxton ), an undersea explorer. He seeks precious jewels but finds a nude drawing of a young girl. Meanwhile, an ancient woman sees the drawing on TV and recognizes herself. This is Rose (Gloria Stuart), still alive at 101. She visits Paxton and shares her memories (“I can still smell the fresh paint”). And he shows her video scenes from his explorations, including a computer simulation of the Titanic's last hours--which doubles as a briefing for the audience. By the time the ship sinks, we already know what is happening and why, and the story can focus on the characters while we effortlessly follow the stages of the Titanic's sinking.

Movies like this are not merely difficult to make at all, but almost impossible to make well. The technical difficulties are so daunting that it's a wonder when the filmmakers are also able to bring the drama and history into proportion. I found myself convinced by both the story and the saga. The setup of the love story is fairly routine, but the payoff--how everyone behaves as the ship is sinking--is wonderfully written, as passengers are forced to make impossible choices. Even the villain, played by Zane, reveals a human element at a crucial moment (despite everything, damn it all, he does love the girl).

The image from the Titanic that has haunted me, ever since I first read the story of the great ship, involves the moments right after it sank. The night sea was quiet enough so that cries for help carried easily across the water to the lifeboats, which drew prudently away. Still dressed up in the latest fashions, hundreds froze and drowned. What an extraordinary position to find yourself in after spending all that money for a ticket on an unsinkable ship.

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History, Culture and Iconic Interests in the United States and Abroad The R.M.S.  Titanic  is perhaps the most famous shipwreck in our current popular culture.  Titanic  was a British-registered ship in the White Star line that was owned by a U.S. company in which famed American financier John Pierpont "JP" Morgan was a major stockholder.  Titanic  was built in Belfast, Northern Ireland by Harland & Wolff for transatlantic passage between Southampton, England and New York City. It was the largest and most luxurious passenger ship of its time and was reported to be unsinkable.  Titanic,   launched on May 31, 1911 , and set sail on its maiden voyage from Southampton on April 10, 1912, with 2,240 passengers and crew on board. On April 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg,  Titanic  broke apart and sank to the bottom of the ocean, taking with it the lives of more than 1,500 passengers and crew. While there has been some  salvage  outside of the major hull portions, most of the ship remains in its final resting place, 12,000 feet below sea level and over 350 nautical miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Its famous story of disaster and human drama has been and continues to be recounted in numerous books, articles, and movies.  Titanic  has been recognized by the United States Congress for its national and international significance and, in many ways, has become a cultural icon.  The disaster also resulted in a number of memorials around the world. In the United States, there are major memorials in  Washington D.C . offsite link  and  New York offsite link ; the  Widener Library  offsite link at Harvard University is another major memorial commemorating Henry Elkins Widener, a victim of the sinking. Investigation and the Development of Measures for Safety in Navigation The sinking of  Titanic  was one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history and quickly became a catalyst for change. The United States Congress held  hearings offsite link  on the casualty that resulted in a  report offsite link  and measures to improve  safety of navigation offsite link . Similar investigations were held in the United Kingdom. The international community readily came together for the purpose of establishing global maritime standards and regulations to promote safety of navigation, the most important of which was the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), widely regarded as the most important of all international agreements on the safety of merchant ships.

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The Truth Behind the Titanic’s Tragic Fate

This essay about whether the Titanic actually sank examines the evidence supporting the historical account of its tragic fate. The Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in 1912, with over 1,500 lives lost. Conspiracy theories suggesting that the Titanic was swapped with its sister ship, the RMS Olympic, or that a fire weakened its hull, lack credible evidence. Eyewitness accounts, official inquiries, and the discovery of the wreck in 1985 confirm the Titanic’s identity and the circumstances of its sinking. Artifacts and underwater exploration further support this conclusion, reaffirming that the Titanic’s tragic end is a well-documented historical fact.

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The tale of the Titanic is one of the most famous sea tragedies ever. Back in 1912, the RMS Titanic set off as the “unsinkable” ship, only to smash into an iceberg on its first journey and sink, taking more than 1,500 lives. Despite this well-known event, lots of conspiracy theories and myths have popped up over time, questioning whether the Titanic really went down. These theories suggest other reasons, but solid evidence backs up the historical story of the Titanic’s heartbreaking end.

The Titanic, a marvel of early 20th-century engineering, was the biggest and fanciest ocean liner of its day. Its sinking on April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg, is super well-documented through stories from people who were there, old-timey newspaper stories, and investigations afterward. Finding the wreck in 1985 by Robert Ballard and his crew gave real proof of what happened to the Titanic, shutting up many doubters. The wreck, resting about 2.5 miles under the sea, matches the descriptions and blueprints of the Titanic, leaving little doubt about its identity.

One of the big conspiracy theories says it wasn’t the Titanic that sank, but its sister ship, the RMS Olympic, in an insurance hustle. The folks who push this theory say the Olympic, which got banged up in a crash, was sneakily swapped with the Titanic to let the struggling White Star Line cash in on insurance. But this idea doesn’t hold water. The differences between the two ships, like how many windows they had and other details, were too big to change convincingly in the time they had. Plus, pulling off a cover-up involving tons of workers and big shots would be way too crazy to hide.

Another theory says a fire in the coal bunkers weakened the Titanic’s hull, making it sink faster after the iceberg hit. It’s true there was a fire in one of the coal bunkers, which wasn’t unusual for steamships back then. But there’s no real proof it messed up the ship’s structure bad enough to matter. The damage from the iceberg, as survivors talked about and wreck experts checked out, was bad enough on its own to sink the ship, without any help from a fire.

Survivors who were there the night the Titanic went down tell a gut-wrenching story of what happened. They described the panic and horror as the ship went under, and their stories were used in official investigations by both British and American bigwigs. These inquiries figured the Titanic sank from smacking into an iceberg and called out a bunch of safety and crew mess-ups that made so many folks die. The detailed reports they wrote, plus the proof from the wreck, all back up the story we know.

And there’s more proof from later on, when folks went down to the wreck and brought stuff up. They found things like the ship’s bell, personal stuff from passengers, and bits of the hull—all matching the Titanic. The wreck’s condition and layout, seen in lots of underwater videos, match up with the ship’s original plans and the damage folks saw and talked about.

So, in the end, while the theories and different stories make for interesting talk, the big pile of proof tells us the Titanic really did sink on its first trip after hitting an iceberg. The old records, stories from folks who were there, official looks into what happened, and finding the wreck and checking it all say the same thing. The Titanic’s sad fate reminds us how far human smarts can take us, and how nature can throw us for a loop.

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The first Titanic voyage in 14 years is happening in the wake of submersible tragedy. Hopes are high

The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic is undertaking its first expedition to the wreckage of the ship in 14 years, and those involved in the mission said they have both heavy hearts and lofty goals for the trip.

Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic, is unloaded from the ship Horizon Arctic at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. John’s, Newfoundland,, June 28, 2023 The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic is undertaking its first expedition to the wreckage of the ship in 14 years. The voyage arrives as the worldwide community of undersea explorers is still reeling from the deadly implosion of an experimental submersible en route to the Titanic a little over a year ago. (Paul Daly/The Canadian Press via AP)

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FILE - The Titanic leaves Southampton, England, April 10, 1912, on her maiden voyage. The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic is undertaking its first expedition to the wreckage of the ship in 14 years, and those involved in the mission said they have both heavy hearts and lofty goals for the trip. (AP Photo, File)

The Dino Chouest, an offshore supply ship, is docked at the Port of Providence, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in Providence, R.I. The vessel is to be part of an expedition by Georgia-based firm RMS Titanic, Inc., to the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, the British ocean liner that sank in April of 1912. The expedition is to use modern imaging technology and remotely operated vehicles to capture detailed images of the Titanic, the wreckage site and the debris field, RMST Inc. representatives said. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic is undertaking its first expedition to the ship’s wreckage in years, and those involved in the mission said they have both heavy hearts and lofty goals for a trip happening a year after a submersible disaster involving another firm killed five people.

RMS Titanic Inc., a Georgia-based firm, holds the legal rights to salvage the wreck of the ship, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912. The company’s first expedition to the site since 2010 launched Friday from Providence, Rhode Island.

The voyage arrives as the worldwide community of undersea explorers is still reeling from the deadly implosion of an experimental submersible en route to the Titanic in June 2023. The Titan submersible disaster killed all five people on board, including Paul-Henri Nargeolet , who was director of underwater research for RMS Titanic.

This summer’s mission to the Titanic “means even more with the passing” of Nargeolet, known as “Mr. Titanic” by many, RMST Inc. president Jessica Sanders said.

The expedition will use modern imaging technology and remotely operated vehicles to capture detailed images of the Titanic, the wreckage site and the debris field, RMST Inc. representatives said.

“This monumental undertaking will allow us to document the Titanic in unprecedented detail and share new discoveries from the wreck site with the public, continuing the extraordinary work and passion of PH,” Sanders said.

The ship headed to the site, the Dino Chouest, will take several days to reach the site and is slated to return around Aug. 13, said Jon Hammond, a spokesperson for RMST Inc.

The work will allow the company to provide a comprehensive analysis of the current condition of the Titanic wreckage site and a detailed assessment of artifacts that can be safely targeted for future recovery, RMST Inc. representatives said.

Nargeolet made more than 35 dives to the Titanic in his lifetime. The implosion also killed Titan operator Stockton Rush ; two members of a prominent Pakistani family, Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman Dawood; and British adventurer Hamish Harding.

OceanGate, a company co-founded by Rush that owned the submersible, suspended operations a year ago. The U.S. Coast Guard convened a high-level investigation into what happened, but it has taken longer than expected and it’s unclear when the investigation will conclude.

Undersea explorers are waiting to learn the results of the investigation and RMST Inc.'s trip to the Titanic site is an important milestone in the site’s exploration, said Katy Croff Bell, founder of the Ocean Discovery League.

“The Coast Guard investigation is still ongoing and they have not released their results yet, so the final chapter in this episode has yet to come out,” Bell said. “One thing that has come out is there is perhaps more interest.”

This month’s journey to the Titanic also will allow comparison to 2010 imaging, RMST Inc. representatives said. The mission also may result in discovery of new areas of the debris field, previously unknown marine life and new areas of deterioration that could provide unobstructed access to the interior of the ship, the company stated on its website.

The vessel making the trip is equipped with two remotely operated vehicles that will be used to capture the first end-to-end mapping image of the wreck field and debris site, RMST Inc. said.

The expedition will include “the highest resolution camera systems ever deployed at the site in an effort to bring new insights about the ship to the community,” said Evan Kovacs, an underwater cinematographer working on the mission.

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I survived the sinking of the titanic, 1912 — “i survived” series.

• Lauren Tarshis
• Historical , Suspense/Thriller

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• Scholastic Inc.

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This book has been reviewed by Focus on the Family’s marriage and parenting magazine . It is the first book in the “I Survived” series.

Plot Summary

Ten-year-old George Calder and his little sister, Phoebe, have been visiting their Aunt Daisy in London. Nothing could thrill them more than sailing home to America on the famed Titanic . George spends his time exploring the gigantic ship and even has a chance to speak with the architect and see the blueprints.

George hears a rumor that someone is transporting a mummy, and he’s determined to get a look at it. Late one night, he sneaks into the cargo hold and begins to open the box. There, he runs into a thief from third class who takes George’s pocket knife. The ship suddenly begins to shake and make loud noises. George uses the opportunity to escape.

Once he’s back on the deck, George sees people throwing snowballs at one another. Everyone is laughing because the ship seems to have grazed an iceberg. George goes back to bed, until a crewman knocks on the door of the suite he shares with Phoebe and Aunt Daisy. The man tells them the captain wants everyone on deck, just as a precaution. Aunt Daisy is irritated that people are expected to do this in the middle of the night in their bed clothes. She goes to wake Phoebe but finds the girl is missing.

George thinks Phoebe probably heard him sneak out and tried to follow him to see the mummy. She’s left a trail of lemon drops so she won’t get lost on the enormous vessel. George and Aunt Daisy follow the trail until they reach a gate behind which the poorer passengers are locked. Aunt Daisy demands a crew member let them in to look for Phoebe, and they soon find themselves trapped as well. A little Italian boy named Enzo, whom George met earlier, calls out to George. Enzo and his father, Marco, are traveling to America to make a new life. Marco lifts Enzo up on his shoulders, and Enzo cries out Phoebe’s name until she comes running through the crowd.

Since George saw the ship’s blueprints, he knows a secret way back to the deck. He leads the way for Aunt Daisy, Phoebe, Enzo and Marco. His aunt, sister and Enzo are placed on a lifeboat, but Marco knows the men must stay behind. When George tries to board the lifeboat, he’s denied. It’s implied that the reason is because the boats are full and George is male, though he’s only 10. Marco holds on to George as the ship begins to go under. He tells George to jump into the water with him, and he finds a piece of wood that will allow them to float in the icy sea. After his heroic efforts to save the boy, Marco is exhausted and barely moving. A makeshift lifeboat sails by. George jumps in, painstakingly pulling Marco with him. After hours in the boat, a larger ship called the Carpathia rescues them. Enzo, Phoebe and Aunt Daisy are aboard as well.

Back in America, Enzo stays with Aunt Daisy while Marco is being treated in the hospital. George suspects Daisy and Marco are interested in one another, and he hopes Marco and Enzo will stay around. Back on the farm with Papa, George still feels the anxiety of what he’s experienced. He realizes he is not the carefree young boy who set out on the maiden voyage of the Titanic . Papa suggests they build a little boat to use on their pond, and this gives George a sense of hope for the future.

Christian Beliefs

People pray on the lifeboats as they sail away from the sinking ship.

Other Belief Systems

Some passengers are spooked at the idea that there may be a mummy in the cargo hold. They believe it’s bad luck to take a mummy from its tomb.

Authority Roles

George’s mother died several years earlier. He and Phoebe live with Papa in America. Aunt Daisy, with whom they stay in London, is in her early 20s and playful with the kids. They travel home to America with her. Mr. Andrews, the Titanic’s architect, shares the blueprints with George and answers his many questions without complaint. He even suggests George could build a ship someday. Marco uses all his strength to save George after the Titanic begins to sink.

Profanity & Violence

Sexual content, discussion topics.

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Additional Comments

Lying: George lies when cornered by a thief in the cargo hold.

Smoking: George’s papa smokes a pipe.

Class warfare: The poor are trapped behind a locked gate, which implies that many of them perish.

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The Misfit Wisdom of Harry, Barry and Larry

Harry Crews, Barry Hannah and Larry Brown were part of a Southern writers’ movement that centered dissidents and outsiders. They’re still worth reading.

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By Dwight Garner

In and around Oxford, Miss., about three decades ago, it wasn’t uncommon to drive along a rural route and pass a car with a bumper sticker that said, “I’d rather be reading Airships .” The people in those cars tended to have their windows rolled down, and they looked awfully happy. These were the kind of free and literate souls, with their muddy boots and eyeglasses, that a bar-stool sociologist might call liberal rednecks. Someone slapped a copy of that bumper sticker on William Faulkner’s grave in Oxford. No one thought it vandalism.

Do you remember “Airships”? Published in 1978, it’s a collection of 20 short stories by Barry Hannah that slowly became a classic of a then-new style of Southern literature. Hannah was from Mississippi. His writing was anarchic and wonderfully funny. He sounded like what you’d get if you stirred three heaping teaspoons of Thomas Pynchon and Terry Southern into a jar of Eudora Welty.

I was 13 when “Airships” came out; it took me two decades to catch up with it. When I did, yikes, I was troubled by the rebarbative flecks of its racial content. “Airships” was the wrong book to hang a movement on. But let’s hold that thought for a moment. Because in retrospect “Airships” was a small, misshapen and early part of an era that would come to mean a lot to me and to many other readers I know, an era that should not be left to pass without comment.

This was a movement for which I’m tempted to use a shorthand drawn from three of its best writers: Harry, Barry and Larry. I am talking about Harry Crews (1935-2012), Barry Hannah (1942-2010) and Larry Brown (1951-2004). They were at the vanguard of a genre sometimes referred to as Grit Lit, or Rough South.

The “sensitive guy at the dogfight” — that’s what Tom Franklin, a Rough South novelist himself, said these writers sounded like. The genre’s heyday was during the 1980s and ’90s. It wasn’t entirely a boys’ club: Bobbie Ann Mason and Dorothy Allison were paid-up members, and Jayne Anne Phillips was a brilliant and moody adjunct from West Virginia, where I spent the first eight years of my life.

I’ve never loved the phrase “Rough South.” It’s too coarse. (The term “Americana,” for the more literate variety of country music, has an artsy-craftsy Betsy Ross vibe that’s even worse.) The Harry, Barry and Larry crowd and their progeny have mostly dwindled away, perhaps for good reason. But I sometimes stare at their age-speckled paperbacks on my shelves, and I wonder: What was that all about?

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