The Titanic Sinks! (Totally True Adventures): How the Unsinkable Ship Met with Shocking Disaster

The Titanic Sinks! (Totally True Adventures): How the Unsinkable Ship Met with Shocking Disaster by Thomas Conklin

The Titanic was the largest passenger ship at the time. It was thought to be unsinkable. On the first voyage, there were many of the rich and famous riding on the historic voyage. There were also "regular people" who just wanted to travel from Europe to North America. This book provides brief history of some of the people as they are traveling and experience the ship and then moves on to the iceberg strike. There were a number of events that lead to the sinking. High speed and evasive maneuvers may have contributed to the sinking. Many half-empty life boats were deployed early on as people preferred to stay on the ship. The cold water left little time for survival outside a life boat. Another boat rescued the passengers that survived the night. This book is a riveting, quick account of the disaster.