Arcadia Public Library

"For more than 100 years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives. Now young readers can find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later. At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic, the largest passenger steamship of this time, met its catastrophic end after crashing into an iceberg. Of the 2,240 passengers and crew onboard, only...

Describes the ocean liner Titanic, its maiden voyage and sinking, and discusses the recent discovery and exploration of the ship's remains on the ocean floor using deep-diving robots and the representation of Titanic on stage and in film.

Presents one of the most tragic events of the 20th century in a dramatic insight into the Titanic's construction and fit-out, to its maiden voyage.

Examines the night that the Titanic sank.

Explores the history of the steamship Titanic, from Thomas Andrews' plans for "the safest ship on the ocean" to the lingering questions concerning its disastrous maiden voyage in 1912.

"On a frigid April night in 1912, the world's largest--and soon most famous--ocean liner struck an iceberg and slipped beneath the waves. She had scarcely disappeared before her new journey began, a seemingly limitless odyssey through the world's fixation with her every tragic detail. Plans to find and raise the Titanic began almost immediately. Yet seven decades passed before it was found. Why? And of some three million shipwrecks that litter the...

Discusses the Titanic, including its design, how the ship sank, the passengers onboard, and why the ship's legacy lives on.