This book traces the life of Isidor and Ida Straus, both German
Jewish immigrants who arrived as children in America in the early
1850s. Isidor's father, Lazarus, was an itinerate peddler in
Georgia, but within one generation the family became the wealthy
owners of Macy's Department Store in New York. A Titanic Love Story
follows the Strauses' life from Talbotton, Georgia, where an
anti-Semitic incident caused them to move to nearby Columbus. The
devastation of Columbus at the end of the Civil War brought the
family to New York, where Isidor met and eventually married the
young Ida Blun. Ida and Isidor balanced the demands of business,
family, and service to others and carved out their individual roles
in those domains. A Titanic Love Story emphasizes their work
together as a couple, focusing not only on Isidor's important roles
as businessman, member of congress, and philanthropist, but also on
Ida's contributions as an intelligent partner, the soul of the
household, and matriarch of the family, as well as a stalwart
supporter of her husband and one who engaged in philanthropic and
creative activities of her own. The Strauses were wealthy Jews
within their New York community, and as people committed to the
welfare of their family, their city, their country, and those less
fortunate than themselves, they dealt with their own grief,
illness, and occasional brushes with anti-Semitism. Ironically,
their final happy days in the south of France lead to their
unexpected sailing on the Titanic. Both died as they had lived,
with dignity, honor, loyalty to one another, and compassion for
others. The public outpouring of grief at their deaths, even by
today's standards of over-the-top journalism, was remarkable.
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