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An exploration of why the legacy of the Titanic persists, in procedures, building regulation, navigational practice, statues, poems, novels, movies, and even a musical
April 15, 2012, marks 100 years since the Titanic hit an iceberg and foundered in the North Atlantic with the loss of 1,513 lives. She was certainly not the fastest passenger ship of the time and had the disaster not occurred, she would have lost the title of the largest liner within just two years—yet Titanic captures the imagination like no other. This book seeks to explore the myths and the truth about Titanic as well as the legacy that has made the ship so well known. It discusses such questions as Why was she built? Who really owned her? Why was nobody ever proved negligent? How has today's transportation been made safer by Titanic? and Have we really learned the right lessons?
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Roger Cartwright and June Cartwright are maritime historians. Roger is the author of Cruise America and the coauthor of Cruise Britannia.
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Titanic : The Myths and Legacy of a Disaster
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Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Presenting Titanic ? The Myths and Legacy of a Disaster (2011) by Roger Cartwright & June Cartwright , published by The History Press ?a cool-headed tour of the world?s most famously unsinkable cautionary tale. ISBN: 9780752451763 . This copy sails from the gloriously self-deprecating docks of Crappy Old Books , graded Condition: Near Fine ?meaning sharp corners, taut binding, and pages as crisp as a North Atlantic night (minus the iceberg). What?s inside? A brisk, myth-puncturing voyage through everything we think we know about Titanic ?the ?unsinkable? hype, the band?s last stand, the lifeboat math, the wireless drama, the class politics, and the long afterlife of a ship that went down but never went away. The Cartwrights separate legend from ledger with admirable ballast: contemporary reports, inquiry transcripts, ship plans, and that crucial commodity rarely loaded aboard in 1912? context . Expect elegant explanations of why certain stories spread faster than SOS, and what the real legacy looks like in regulations, ship design, radio protocols, and the peculiar way we now talk about risk. Highlights on the manifest: Myth vs. paperwork : ?Women and children first,? the band playing on, locked gates, and other oft-repeated tales weighed against surviving evidence and common sense. How headlines become history : from early press bulletins and marconigrams to movies and museum labels?who said what when, and why it stuck. The safety revolution : lifeboat requirements, wireless watch, ice patrols, watertight integrity?the bureaucratic sequel that quietly saved thousands. Culture?s favorite shipwreck : memorials, tours, replicas, auctions, and why we keep coming back to a story that refuses to stay under. Humans at scale : officers, stewards, stokers, passengers?individual choices intersecting with systemic flaws, told without melodrama or moral grandstanding. The tone is brisk, fair, and mildly allergic to hand-waving. The Cartwrights don?t sneer at the legend; they tidy it , then show the more interesting truth underneath. You come away with richer detail, saner timelines, and the satisfying clunk of loose facts clicking into place. About this particular volume: Near Fine means it looks scarcely sailed?no inscriptions, no splayed pages, jacket (if present) behaving impeccably, and a spine as straight as a freshly painted funnel. If there?s a blemish, it?s a whisper, not a dent?call it light shelfwear from docking at a well-run port. Buy it if you?ve ever: Wondered which famous moments are documented and which are well-meaning theatre . Found yourself side-eyeing a movie line and thinking, ?But? really?? Wanted the post-credits scene of the disaster?how law, design, and training changed because of it. Enjoy history that replaces fog with readable footnotes and a tidy map. Why The History Press ? Because they publish maritime clarity with just enough dramatic swell. Why Roger & June Cartwright ? Because they balance researcher grit with raconteur calm. And why Crappy Old Books ? Because beneath the cheeky flag flies a crew of decidedly un-crappy copies?like this Near Fine one?ready to berth on your shelf with quiet authority. In short: Titanic ? The Myths and Legacy of a Disaster is the definitive de-mything plus the ?what happened next? we should all know?delivered in Near Fine condition from Crappy Old Books , where the only thing going down is the price of your uncertainty. Seller Inventory # 4890
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