Once seen as a prediction of the sinking of the" Titanic," this novella was written 14 years before that ill-fated event of 1912--now, on the centenary anniversary of the "Titanic's" sinking, the striking similarities can be examined again in this new edition John Rowland, a disgraced former Royal Navy lieutenant, has taken employment as a lowly deck hand aboard the largest ship ever to have sailed, the "Titan." One night in deep fog, the ship strikes a gigantic iceberg and sinks almost immediately. Written 14 years before the "Titanic's" sinking, this novella has been hailed in equal...
Once seen as a prediction of the sinking of the" Titanic," this novella was written 14 years before that ill-fated event of 1912--now, on the centenar...
The Wreck of the Titan was written fourteen years before the sinking of the Titanic. The events in book are eerily similar to the actual events that would not happen for more than a decade. Titan the largest ship in the line is considered to be unsinkable, it is roughly the same size as the Titanic with about the same number of passengers, it was not provided with enough life boats for all of its passages, and half of the passengers died when it sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. So similar were the incidents described in the book to the sinking of the Titanic that many...
The Wreck of the Titan was written fourteen years before the sinking of the Titanic. The events in book are eerily similar to the actual events that w...