The views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part. Source: This review is based on a library book from the Fairfax County Public Library.ĭisclaimer: I am a professional librarian, but I write the posts for my website and blogs entirely on my own time. We can’t help being curious: What happened? Why? Who said what and when? What did it mean? And, of course, what if?įind this review on Sonderbooks at: Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site. Maybe the Titanic makes us all historians. In her Foreword, Deborah Hopkinson says it well: This book is also an excellent look at how historians think. Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. In the back matter, Deborah Hopkinson even points to websites and still unresolved questions for those who want to explore further. You’ll find out you don’t actually know what happened next, and you want to find out. The item Titanic : voices from the disaster, Deborah Hopkinson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct. The book is also filled with photographs and written in an episodic way that makes you want to keep on reading and browsing. Throughout the book, she uses quotations from the survivors, earning the book its subtitle Voices from the Disaster. Though the author does stress the horrible loss of life, some of the impact of the disaster is softened because she focuses on the stories of survivors. That said, the book tells a compelling story. I mean, come on, I know how it ends! The only reason I read this book was because it is under consideration by Capitol Choices.

I didn’t even ever go see the Titanic movie. Normally, I never ever read disaster stories. 289 pages.Ģ012 Sonderbooks Stand-out: #3 Children’s Nonfiction

Titanic by deborah hopkinson