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Sinking of The "Titanic"
How fast could you write a 300 page book? Sensationalist journalist Jay Henry Mowbray turned out this edition of Sinking of The "Titanic" (complete with illustrations and ready for sale) by May 11, 1912, less than one month after the ship struck that infamous iceberg. Speed puts this book into a curious genre—the “instant book.” The instant book narrates a contemporaneous event through a collage of sources, like government hearings or embellished descriptions, coalesced by journalists, then sold door-to-door as soon as possible. But why the need for speed?
Titanic: the Death and Life of a Legend
The author passed away at the age of 81, seven years before this book was published. The Titanic (which was a royal mail ship, along with being a luxury liner) famously sank in April 1912. This book was published in 2012, marking the 100th anniversary of the maritime disaster. It is a historic masterpiece, filled with photographs, drawings, and line-by-line court testimonies from investigations following the sinking. This book provides a chronicle of events, sharing both statistics and intimate descriptions of passengers, and is a must-read for any Titanic enthusiast.
