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Addison Hart
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Hmmmmm...I posted this on the General Titanica board, but I probably should do so here as well, all things considered.
How's this sound for something to be published as an article (al beit a very very long and boring one): I'm thinking of starting work on a book about the Titanic...now before you roll your eyes and groan "Oh heavens, not another one", listen to the idea. Instead of the usual approach, I was thinking of a history of Europe and America in the Gilded Age with it's focus on the Titanic disaster, entitled 'The Titanic and it's Times', or something nicer than that. The first part of the book would be about the state of Europe and North America at the time. It would center, of course, on Britain and America, but would also cover the French, the Germans, the Russians, and the Italians. In it I'd cover the state of those countries, politically, socially, militarily, etc., and the basic history of the Gilded Age. In this section you'd meet JP Morgan and JJ Astor, of course, but also King George, Bismarck and his successors, Taft and Roosevelt, Nicholas II, etc. And the second part of the book would center on the all-important shipping industry, with the Blue Ribband, Cunard, White Star, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, etc etc, and ultimately our own Titanic. It's better than it sounds!! Anyway, I was thinking of doing a (much, much, much smaller) version as an article for publication here. Hmmm...well what do you think?
Addison Hart
(Who's Probably Stark-Raving-Mad for even coming up with the idea...)
How's this sound for something to be published as an article (al beit a very very long and boring one): I'm thinking of starting work on a book about the Titanic...now before you roll your eyes and groan "Oh heavens, not another one", listen to the idea. Instead of the usual approach, I was thinking of a history of Europe and America in the Gilded Age with it's focus on the Titanic disaster, entitled 'The Titanic and it's Times', or something nicer than that. The first part of the book would be about the state of Europe and North America at the time. It would center, of course, on Britain and America, but would also cover the French, the Germans, the Russians, and the Italians. In it I'd cover the state of those countries, politically, socially, militarily, etc., and the basic history of the Gilded Age. In this section you'd meet JP Morgan and JJ Astor, of course, but also King George, Bismarck and his successors, Taft and Roosevelt, Nicholas II, etc. And the second part of the book would center on the all-important shipping industry, with the Blue Ribband, Cunard, White Star, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, etc etc, and ultimately our own Titanic. It's better than it sounds!! Anyway, I was thinking of doing a (much, much, much smaller) version as an article for publication here. Hmmm...well what do you think?
Addison Hart
(Who's Probably Stark-Raving-Mad for even coming up with the idea...)