The Titanic Files (Vol.1): Collected Writings on RMS Titanic - Rilegato

George Behe

 
9781803997261: The Titanic Files (Vol.1): Collected Writings on RMS Titanic

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Without a doubt, George Behe is one of the most prolific *Titanic authors. More than that, he is also among the most respected, known for his friendly, generous nature and a keen eye for detail, with a collection of material that is the envy of many a researcher. – Dan E. Parks, *Encyclopedia Titanica

Most people know the general story of the Titanic, but there are so many individual avenues for discovery that serious researchers could easily spend the rest of their lives investigating these subjects.

For the past fifty years, George Behe has been researching and writing about the Titanic, searching for new information about specific sub-topics that have caught his interest. The result is The Titanic Files, a collection of stories, angles of enquiry and pieces of trivia that reflect George’s thoughts on a wide variety of Titanic-related subjects, along with the results of his extensive studies.

From the fate of the animals that boarded the ship to whether there were genuine messages in bottles sent from those aboard, this detailed volume is a treasure trove of research material sure to delight any discerning Titanic enthusiast.

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GEORGE BEHE’s interest in the Titanic began when, as a small boy in the 1950s, he found a copy of an old 1912 Titanic book on his grandmother’s bookshelf. He used to thumb through that volume with fascination, but one of the book’s illustrations horrified him – an artist’s rendition of a lifeboat full of passengers that was rowing right past a dying swimmer who was holding his arm out in a hopeless appeal for help. He couldn’t help but wonder how it would have felt to be in that situation.

After getting out of the service in 1972, George finally had enough leisure time to indulge his interest by searching for Titanic survivor interviews in microfilmed 1912 newspapers and other untapped sources of information. Eventually he was fortunate enough to become friends with fifteen survivors, and finally he began utilising his research discoveries to write articles and books about the disaster. George is a past vice president of the Titanic Historical Society, and he fully expects his interest in the disaster to continue for the rest of his life.

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