The sinking of the R.M.S Titanic after it hit an iceberg in the late hours of April 14, 1912 is one of the most well-known maritime disasters in history. The tragedy, in which over 1,500 passengers ...

Discover Titanic: A Personal Spiritual Encounter with the Past by Dr. Fereidun Shokatfard as a poetic and spiritual exploration of the Titanic tragedy. TX, UNITED STATES, September 16, 2025 ...

The great ship Titanic sunk on April 15, 1912. Within a few months, at least one book had already been published — The Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic a “Thrilling Account of the Sinking of the ...

It was a maritime disaster and a publishing bonanza. Pretty much as soon as the Titanic went down, publishers raced to get books out about the sinking, so that they could cash in on the public’s ...

In the preface to the 1976 edition of his seminal Titanic text from 1955, A Night to Remember, the late Walter Lord writes of the then-unabated interest in the great ship and how, in many ways, she ...

Prolific Bridlington author Richard M Jones, who has special knowledge covering shipwrecks, has written a new book looking at ...

Millions of movie-goers have watched Captain Edward John Smith die a hero. But is that the truth? In James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster film, the commander of the Titanic is at the helm as the ship ...

James Cameron and his collaborators have made more than 30 dives to the wreck of the Titanic, submerged in more than 2 miles (3.8 kilometers) of water beneath the North Atlantic. His voyages to this ...

This should not come as news to those of you who have been reading the many words the Tribune has been giving you about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. I wrote several stories about the calamity and ...