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The Loss of the S.S. Titanic (Paperback)
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The Loss of the S.S. Titanic (Paperback)
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The circumstances in which this book came to be written are as
follows. Some five weeks after the survivors from the Titanic
landed in New York, I was the guest at luncheon of Hon. Samuel J.
Elder and Hon. Charles T. Gallagher, both well-known lawyers in
Boston. After luncheon I was asked to relate to those present the
experiences of the survivors in leaving the Titanic and reaching
the Carpathia. When I had done so, Mr. Robert Lincoln O'Brien, the
editor of the Boston Herald, urged me as a matter of public
interest to write a correct history of the Titanic disaster, his
reason being that he knew several publications were in preparation
by people who had not been present at the disaster, but from
newspaper accounts were piecing together a description of it. He
said that these publications would probably be erroneous, full of
highly coloured details, and generally calculated to disturb public
thought on the matter. He was supported in his request by all
present, and under this general pressure I accompanied him to
Messrs. Houghton Mifflin Company, where we discussed the question
of publication. Messrs. Houghton Mifflin Company took at that time
exactly the same view that I did, that it was probably not
advisable to put on record the Loss of the SS. Titanic, by Lawrence
Beesle 4 incidents connected with the Titanic's sinking: it seemed
better to forget details as rapidly as possible. However, we
decided to take a few days to think about it. At our next meeting
we found ourselves in agreement again, --but this time on the
common ground that it would probably be a wise thing to write a
history of the Titanic disaster as correctly as possible. I was
supported in this decision by the fact that a short account, which
I wrote at intervals on board the Carpathia, in the hope that it
would calm public opinion by stating the truth of what happened as
nearly as I could recollect it, appeared in all the American,
English, and Colonial papers and had exactly the effect it was i
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