How to Survive the Titanic
The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · March 27, 2012
Award-winning historian Frances Wilson delivers a gripping new account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, looking at the collision and its aftermath through the prism of the demolished life and lost honor of the ship’s owner, J. Bruce Ismay.
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- Who it’s for
- A Titanic history that turns from the collision toward the moral wreckage left in its wake.
- Themes
- Titanic sinking and aftermath, Honor and identity, Cowardice, heroism, and survival
- Genres
- Maritime History & Piracy, Lives in History, Maritime History
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Award-winning historian Frances Wilson delivers a gripping new account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, looking at the collision and its aftermath through the prism of the demolished life and lost honor of the ship’s owner, J. Bruce Ismay.
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In a unique work of history evocative of Joseph Conrad’s classic novel Lord Jim, Wilson raises provocative moral questions about cowardice and heroism, memory and identity, survival and guilt—questions that revolve around Ismay’s loss of honor and identity as his monolithic venture—a ship called “The Last Word in Luxury” and “The Unsinkable”—was swallowed by the sea and subsumed in infamy forever.
Honor After Disaster
A Titanic history that turns from the collision toward the moral wreckage left in its wake.
Come here for
- Maritime history with questions of cowardice, heroism, and survival
- J. Bruce Ismay’s story of lost honor and identity
Expect
- The sinking and its aftermath, viewed through Ismay’s demolished life
- A serious meditation on memory, guilt, and infamy
Where it sits
| Lives in History | 34% |
|---|---|
| Maritime History | 34% |
| Maritime History & Piracy | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- 20th-Century Britain
- 21st-Century Britain
- North American History
- History Resources
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- World History
- 20th-Century History
- 21st-Century History
- The Americas History
- Authors
- Frances Wilson
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 27, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Titanic sinking and aftermath · Honor and identity · Cowardice, heroism, and survival
- Reading lane
- 20th-Century Britain