The book discussed here doesn't really qualify as a "Titanic book", although it contains a chapter about Titanic, but since there doesn't seem to be a better place for this message, I've put it here.
Some months ago---so many, in fact, that I had completely forgotten---I ordered William Flayhart's new book, Perils of the Atlantic, from amazon.com. As you may know, he's the author of two books---The American Line and Majesty at Sea---that are quite highly regarded.
The book arrived today, and I've already read almost half of it. It is, IMHO, terrific. He writes about twenty-one different Atlantic disasters, including the sinking of the White Star liners Atlantic, Baltic I (in her second career as Holland-American's Veendam), Republic II and Titanic, as well as the collision between Celtic I and Britannic I. The chapters I've read so far---for the most part, they're the ones which deal with White Star or ex-White Star ships, for some reason---are well written, well documented and (as far as I can tell) quite accurate. Even with respect to incidents I know fairly well---the wreck of Atlantic, for example---there are details presented here that I haven't come across elsewhere. It's a first-class work; I recommend it highly.
Perils of the Atlantic: Steamship Disasters, 1850 to the Present, by William Flayhart; published by Norton; ISBN 0-393-04155-7.
Some months ago---so many, in fact, that I had completely forgotten---I ordered William Flayhart's new book, Perils of the Atlantic, from amazon.com. As you may know, he's the author of two books---The American Line and Majesty at Sea---that are quite highly regarded.
The book arrived today, and I've already read almost half of it. It is, IMHO, terrific. He writes about twenty-one different Atlantic disasters, including the sinking of the White Star liners Atlantic, Baltic I (in her second career as Holland-American's Veendam), Republic II and Titanic, as well as the collision between Celtic I and Britannic I. The chapters I've read so far---for the most part, they're the ones which deal with White Star or ex-White Star ships, for some reason---are well written, well documented and (as far as I can tell) quite accurate. Even with respect to incidents I know fairly well---the wreck of Atlantic, for example---there are details presented here that I haven't come across elsewhere. It's a first-class work; I recommend it highly.
Perils of the Atlantic: Steamship Disasters, 1850 to the Present, by William Flayhart; published by Norton; ISBN 0-393-04155-7.