THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC AND GREAT SEA DISASTERS Logan MARSHALL / Marshall EVERETT STORY OF THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC THE OCEAN'S GREATEST DISASTER (1912) - Tales End Press (2012) - Sharpe Books (2018)

THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC - Logan MARSHALL This is one of the first and most famous books published after the sinking of the Titanic, and contains much material from contemporary newspaper accounts. It was written by Logan Howard-Smith (under the pen name of Logan Marshall), an editor who specialized in the rapid publication of books about current events. For this book, his crowning achievement, the initial print run was for no fewer than 110,000 copies. The publisher achieved this by running 11 presses simultaneously, and the books were then sold door-to-door across America for a dollar apiece. Although Marshall's own description of the sinking is melodramatic and sensationalistic, the many verbatim interviews with survivors of the disaster have stood the test of time, and are often cited in Titanic literature. STORY OF THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC THE OCEAN'S GREATEST DISASTER - Marshall EVERETT More than a century after the greatest seafaring disaster of all time, the tragic story of the R.M.S. Titanic continues to fascinate readers. Just before midnight on April 15, 1912, the Titanic struck a gigantic iceberg in the icy waters of the North Atlantic, on its way to New York. Within a few short hours the world’s largest ship, supposedly unsinkable, had sunk beneath the waves. Over 2,000 people were on board for the Titanic’s maiden voyage, people from all echelons of society across two continents, but of them only seven hundred were saved. Picked up and taken by the Carpathia to their original destination, the event still raw in their minds, public inquiries were launched, the need for improvement in maritime safety swiftly becoming evident. Originally published just months after the wreck and sinking of the Titanic, this sobering yet sensationalist volume — written and edited by Marshall Everett — includes a collection of survivors’ accounts, including close escapes and unparalleled acts of heroism.