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Titanic: The Official Story April 14-15, 1912

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I thought this or these documents told plenty of true facts about the EXCELLENT TITANIC

If what you like are action, adventure, and dramatic illistrations, this is not for you. If you want a contemporary view, to hold history in your hand and be brought back to 1912, this is most definately for you. Yet there is a certain emotion in examening Titanic's registration, her survey report, the port by port clearance papers of newly embarked passengers, and the other narratives and reports. The Harland and Wolff plans are the best I have yet found, while the 74 page report of the British Court of Investigation is fascinating, if somewhat dry, reading, from both a technical and human perspective. This is a must, not only for serious Titanic people, but for anyone interested in the history of the era.

I received this item as a gift many years ago, and I have preserved it since. It is truly a collectors item for its wealth of information pertaining to the Titanic disaster. There are 18 documents (don't let the number fool you into thinking that is minimal) of full reproductions of all the pertinent information concerning the tragedy.

What you can hope to get in this box set:

A full introductory bulletin spanning 15 pages which beautifully illustrates the box contents. In addition to a brief summary of the maiden voyage, there is information on "further reading", a little blurb on each item in the box set, and an appendix of "Particulars of Ships Built By Harland and Wolff-Entries for the Olympic and Titanic."

The Box Contents
1. Transcript of Register for Transmission to Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen.
2. Report of Survey of an Emigrant Ship
3. Certificates of Clearance of an Emigrant Ship
4. Deck Plans of the Titanic
5. Report of the British Commission of Inquiry into the loss of the Titanic
6. Telegrams sent to the SS Birma by the SS Titanic as she sank
7. Correspondence from the White Star Line to the Board of Trade concerning the loss of the Titanic
8. The Response of the popular press- "The Titanic Crime"- editorial in the New York Evening Journal
9. The response of the union leader- letter from the Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Worker's Union
10. The politician's response- notice of a Parliamentary Question to the President of the Board of Trade
11. Sample of returns of passengers drowned - First, Second and Third class
12. Alfred Omont's account of his escape from the Titanic
13. Digest of Testimony given at the hearing into the loss of the Titanic before the Sub-committee of the Committee on Commerce of the United States Senate
14. Report on the Senate Committee inquiry report into the loss of the Titanic
15. Copy of a letter from Stanley Lord, Captain of the SS Californian, to the Board of Trade
16. Statement of Claim and Verdict in the case of Ryan v. the Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd
17. Letter to the Board of Trade from the General Manager of the White Star Line concerning films on the sinking of the SS Titanic
18. Photograph of survivor from the Titanic

All in all, this is an excellent compendium of information concerning Titanic which should be of interest to any enthusiast or history buff. It may be slightly dry reading at times, but the information gathered here is invaluable and should definitely be collected.

The box is slightly flimsy and will bend and contort with age, but the documents remain intact if obvious care is taken with them.

Get it! You won't regret it!

Contains reproductions of a lot of interesting Titanic documents, and, especially at the low price, is a great little stocking-stuffer for the Titanic buff.

I've given several as gifts, and people like them!

...is that this edition was released as individual documents. That you can hold in your hand. I gave this as a gift and was a hero for a month.