SOCIAL SCIENCES

The Titanic Remembered

1912-2012
by Beau Riffenburgh
The Titanic Remembered: 1912-2012. Andre Deutsch, dist. by Trafalgar Square. 2011. 132p. illus. index. ISBN 9780233003320. $75. HIST
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This slipcased volume by Riffenburgh (The Titanic Experience; Polar Exploration) is beautifully illustrated with high-quality photographs and artwork. It includes facsimiles of blueprints, letters, tickets, posters, and other documents and a DVD containing audio recordings of actors reading survivors' stories as well as brief film clips of Titanic and Carpathia. The text begins with a history of the transatlantic shipping industry and an explanation of how the White Star Line came to preeminence, then continues through the disaster and aftermath, up to the present controversies over salvaged items and the repopularizing of the Titanic story owing, in part, to James Cameron's 1997 film.
VERDICT This is not the definitive history, but it is very enjoyable to read. Cased with tissue-lining, this book would make a great (albeit pricey) gift for the Titanic buff or general reader but is not likely to last intact in circulating library collections.
Reviewed by Megan Hahn Fraser , Mar 01, 2012
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