SOCIAL SCIENCES

Farewell, Titanic

Her Final Legacy
by Charles Pellegrino
Farewell, Titanic: Her Final Legacy. Wiley. Mar. 2012. c.352p. photogs. index. ISBN 9780470873878. $27.95. HIST
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Popular science author Pellegrino (Her Name, Titanic; Ghosts of the Titanic), the subject of controversy surrounding claims made in his previous book, The Last Train from Hiroshima, returns to a familiar topic in this final book of a trilogy on Titanic. He describes his dives to the wreck site with Titanic film director James Cameron in 2001 at the same time as the 9/11 attacks. Metaphysical musings about the shipwreck and the World Trade Center are interspersed among scientific analysis of "shock cocoons" (areas that are undamaged during catastrophic events), the impact of the ship hitting the ocean floor and the surge cloud it produced, and sea organisms deteriorating the wreck.
VERDICT The author's works are frequently described as controversial; the reader might wish to approach this work critically. Best for those interested in exploration of Titanic's wreck site.
Reviewed by Megan Hahn Fraser , Mar 01, 2012
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