The Titanic and the City of Widows it Left Behind
The Titanic and the City of Widows it Left Behind
âHarrowing and emotional . . . A tribute to the enduring power of family. The story of the disasterâs widows uplifts and devastates in equal measure.â âGareth Russell, author of The Ship of Dreams When the Titanic foundered in Apr...
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âHarrowing and emotional . . . A tribute to the enduring power of family. The story of the disasterâs widows uplifts and devastates in equal measure.â âGareth Russell, author of The Ship of Dreams When the Titanic foundered in April 1912, the worldâs focus was on the tragedy of the passengers who lost their lives. Ever since, in films, dramatizations, adaptations and books, the focus has mostly continued to be on the ones who died. The Titanic and the City of Widows It Left Behind focuses on another group of peopleâthe widows and children of the crew who perished on board. Author Julie Cookâs great-grandfather was a stoker who died on the Titanic. Her great-grandmother had to raise five children with no breadwinner. This book focuses on Emily and the widows like her who had to fight for survival through great hardship, while still grieving for the men they loved whoâd died on the ship. Using original archive sources and with accounts from descendants of crew who also lost their lives, the book asks how these women survived through abject poverty and griefâand why their voices have been silent for so long. âThe sinking of the Titanic has produced a wealth of books, articles, films and TV documentaries, all of which have given very little thought to the dependents and friends of those who lost their lives in this ocean tragedy. A moving and involving story that corrects this neglect, told by a descendant of a Titanic widow . . . How most of them survived the grief and grinding hardship is a story worth the telling, as are the stories of those who did not survive the crushing pressures.â âFiretrench
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