The Sinking of the Titanic

Resources from Halifax Public Libraries

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T
he Sinking
of the
Titanic
Selected Materials at the
Halifax Public Libraries
Halifax was witness to one of the
most tragic shipwrecks of the 20th
Century – the sinking of the R.M.S.
Titanic. On April 14th, 1912, at
11:40pm, the Titanic struck an
iceberg, about 650 kilometers south-
east of Newfoundland. More than
two hours later the ship — which
many believed to be "unsinkable"–
was lost to the Atlantic. It is thought
that over fifteen hundred souls rest
with the wreck of the Titanic.
The following resource list includes
both fiction and non-fiction works in
English and French, music on
compact discs, feature films and
documentaries on DVD, magazine
articles, and children’s literature.
These materials will guide the
curious and the knowledgeable alike
through the fascinating world of the
Titanic’s first voyage and the legacy
of her demise.
Art and Literature
Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural
History of the Titanic Disaster, by
Steven Biel. New York: W.W. Norton &
Co., 1996.
James Cameron’s Titanic, by James
Cameron. London: Harper Collins,
1997.
Ken Marschall’s Art of Titanic, by Ken
Marschall. New York: Hyperion, 1998.
R.M.S. “Titanic”: A Portrait in Old
Picture Postcards, by Mark Bown.
Shropshire: Brampton Publications,
1987.
The Sinking of the Titanic: A Poem, by
Hans Magnus Enzensberger. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Co., 1980.
“The Tragedy of the RMS Titanic,” by
Barbara DeLory. Three Centuries of
Public Art: Historic Halifax Regional
Municipality, 186-189. Halifax: New
World Publishing, 2011.
The Wreck of the Titanic Foretold?, by How to Survive the Titanic: The
Martin Gardner. Buffalo: Prometheus, Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay, by Frances
Wilson. New York: HarperCollins, 2011.
1986.
The Irish Aboard Titanic, by Senan
Bibliography Molony. Dublin: Wolfhound Press,
2000.
The Titanic Disaster: As Reported in
the British National Press April-July “I Watched the Titanic Rescue,” by Sir
1912, by Dave Bryceson. New York: James Bisset. In the Face of Disaster:
W.W. Norton, 1997. True Stories of Canadian Heroes from
the Archives of Maclean’s, ed. by
The Titanic: Historiography and Michael Benedict, 211-220. Toronto:
Annotated Bibliography, by Eugene L. Viking, 2000.
Rasor. Westport: Greenwood Press,
2001. The Loss of the S.S. Titanic: Its Story
and Its Lessons, by Lawrence Beesley.
The Titanic in Print and on Screen: An Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000.
Annotated Guide to Books, Films,
Television Shows, and Other Media, Lost Voices from the Titanic: The
by D. Brian Anderson. Jefferson: Definitive Oral History, by Nick
McFarland & Co., 2005.
Barratt. London: Arrow Books, 2010.
Biography The Man Who Sank Titanic: The
Troubled Life of Quartermaster
Robert Hichens, by Sally Nilsson.
“BIO Scientist Turns Actor in Titanic
Stroud, Eng: The History Press, 2011.
Epic,” by Skana Gee. The Burnside
News 7 no. 4 (May 1992): 18-20.
Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth, by
The Dream and then the Nightmare: Kristen Iversen. Boulder: Johnson
The Syrians who Boarded the Titanic: Books, 1999.
The Story of the Arabic-Speaking
Passengers, by Leila Salloum Elias.
Damascus: Atlas for Publishing, 2011.
The Education of Henry Adams, by
Henry Adams. New York: The Modern
Library, [1931].
The First Violin: The Life and Loss of
the Titanic’s Violinist, John Law
Hume, by Yvonne Hume. Halifax:
Nimbus, 2012.
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Morgan: American Financier, by Jean
Strouse. New York: Random House, 1998.
“The Physicians of the Titanic,” by
George Burden and Dorothy Grant.
Amazing Medical Stories, 63-69.
Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions,
2003.
A Rainbow, of Time and of Space:
Orphans of the Titanic, by Sidney F.
Tyler. Tucson: Aztek Corp., [1981].
RMS Titanic: Gilded Lives on a Fatal
Voyage, by Hugh Brewster.
Hammersmith, Eng.: Collins, 2012.
Roster of Valor: The Titanic Halifax
Legacy, by Arnold and Betty Watson.
Riverside: 7 C’s Press, 1984.
Shadow of the Titanic, by Andrew
Wilson. New York: Atria Books, 2012.
The Sinking of the Titanic: An Ice
Pilot’s Perspective, by L. Mamaduke
Collins. St. John’s: Breakwater Books,
2001.
Sinking of the Titanic: Eyewitness
Accounts, by Jay Henry Mowbray.
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1998.
The Story of the Titanic as Told by Its
Survivors, by Lawrence Beesley. New
York: Dover Publications, 1960.
Thomas Andrews, Voyage into
History: Titanic Secrets Revealed
Thru the Eyes of Her Builder, by
William Barnes. Gillette, NJ: Edin
Books, 2000.
Titanic Adventure: One Woman’s
True Life Voyage Down to the
Legendary Ocean Liner, by Jennifer
Carter. Far Hills, NJ: New Horizon
Press, 1999.
Titanic and Other Ships, by C.H.
Lightoller. London: Nicholson and
Watson, 1935.
Titanic at Two A.M., by Paul J. Quinn.
Saco, ME: Fantail, 1997.
“Titanic Dive Lifetime Thrill for
Dartmouth Scientist.” The Burnside
News 6 no. 12 (Sept. 1991): 41-43.
“A Titanic Hero” Thomas Andrews,
Shipbuilder, by Shan F. Bullock.
Riverside: 7C’s Press, [1973].
“Titanic Lifeboat Number 6," by Nancy
Liss and Ted Liss. Curious Canadians,
154-161. Markham: Fitzhenry &
Whiteside, 2002.
Titanic Lives, by Rob Rondeau. Halifax:
Formac Publishing Co. Ltd., 2012.
Titanic Love Stories: The True Stories
of 13 Honeymoon Couples Who Sailed
on the Titanic, by Paul Gill. East Sussex,
UK: Ivy Press, 2011.
Titanic: The Mystery & the Legacy. St.
Laurent: Madacy Entertainment, 1998.
[DVD].
Titanic Survivor: The Newly Discovered
Memoirs of Violet Jessop, Who
Survived Both the Titanic and Britannic
Disasters, by Violet Jessop. Dobbs
Ferry: Sheridan House, 1997.
Titanic: A Survivor’s Story, by Archibald
Gracie. Toronto: NC Press, 1985.
Titanic Voices: Memories from the
Fateful Voyage, by Donald Hyslop. New
York: St. Martin’s Press, 1997.
Titanic: Women and Children First, by
Judith B. Geller. New York: Norton,
1998.
Tramps and Ladies: My Early Years in
Steamers, by James Bisset. New York:
Criterion Books, 1959.
Under the Titanic, by Rabia Crease
Wilcox. Ottawa: Baico, 2007.
Unsinkable Bridget, by Mary Higgins.
Gananoque: Mary Higgins, 1985.
Voyagers of the Titanic, by Richard
Davenport-Hines. New York: William
Morrow, 2012.
“When That Great Ship Went Down,”
by Ray Gardner. In the Face of Disaster:
True Stories of Canadian Heroes from
the Archives of Maclean’s, edited by
Michael Benedict, 201-210. Toronto:
Viking, 2000.
Who Sailed on Titanic, by Debbie
Beavis. Hersham: Ian Allen, 2002.
Canada
Cape Race: Stories from the Coast that
Sank the Titanic, by Robert Charles
Parsons. St. John’s: Flanker, 2011.
“The Loss of the Titanic,” by Jean-
Pierre Andrieux. Marine Disasters and
Shipwrecks of Newfoundland and
Labrador, 125-129. St. John’s: Flanker
Press, 2004.
Titanic: The Canadian Story, by Alan
Hustak. Montreal: Véhicule Press,
1998.
Children’s/Young Adult Books
All Stations! Distress!: April 15, 1912,
the Day the Titanic Sank, by Don
Brown. New York: Roaring Brook Press,
2008. [Nonfiction]
Anatomy of a Shipwreck, by Sean
McCollum. Mankato, MN: Capstone
Press, 2001. [Nonfiction, YA]
Children of the Titanic, by Christine
Welldon. Halifax: Nimbus, 2012.
[Nonfiction]
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Dangerous Waters: An Adventure on
the Titanic, by Gregory Mone. New
York: Roaring Brook, 2012. [Fiction]
Deadly Voyage: RMS Titanic, by Hugh
Brewster. Toronto: Scholastic Canada,
2011. [Fiction]
Exploring the Titanic: How the Greatest
Ship Ever Lost—Was Found, by Robert
D. Ballard. Toronto: Madison Press,
2010. [Nonfiction]
Fateful, by Claudia Gray. New York:
HarperTeen, 2011. [Fiction]
No Moon, by Irene N. Watts. Toronto:
Tundra books, 2010. [Fiction]
On Board the Titanic: What It Was Like
When the Great Liner Sank, by Shelley
Tanaka. Richmond Hill: Scholastic
Canada, 1996. [Nonfiction]
The Sinking of the Titanic, by John
Dudman. New York: Bookwright Press,
1988. [Nonfiction]
The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912, by
Lauren Tarshis. New York: Scholastic,
2010. [Fiction]

Finding the Titanic, by Robert D. SOS Titanic, by Eve Bunting. San

Disasters: Natural and Man-Made
Catastrophes Through the Centuries,
by Brenda Z. Guiberson. New York:
Henry Hold and Co., 2010. [Nonfiction]
The Discovery of the Titanic, by Robert
Ballard. Toronto: Viking, 1995.
[Nonfiction]
Distant Waves: A Novel of the Titanic,
by Suzanne Weyn. New York: Scholastic
Press, 2009. [Fiction]
882 ½ Amazing Answers to Your
Questions About the Titanic, by Hugh
Brewster. New York: Scholastic, 1998.
[Nonfiction]
Explore Titanic, by Peter Chrisp.
Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Educational
Series, 2011. [Nonfiction]
Ballard. New York: Scholastic, 1993.
[Nonfiction]
Ghosts I Have Been: A Novel, by
Richard Peck. New York: Viking Press,
1977. [Fiction]
Ghosts of the Titanic, by Julie Lawson.
Toronto: Scholastic Canada, 2011.
[Fiction]
Heroine of the Titanic: The Real
Unsinkable Molly Brown, by Elaine
Landau. New York: Clarion Books,
2001. [Nonfiction]
The Heroine of the Titanic: A Tale Both
True and Otherwise of the Life of
Molly Brown, by Joan W. Blos. New
York: Morrow Junior Books, 1991.
[Nonfiction]
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic
1912, by Lauren Tarshis. New York:
Scholastic Inc., 2010. [Fiction]
Inside the Titanic, by Ken Marschall.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1997. [Nonfiction]
I Was There on Board the Titanic, by
Shelly Tanaka. New York: Hyperion
Books for Children, 2012. [Fiction]
The Mariner’s Curse, by John Lunn.
Toronto: Tundra Books, 2004. [Fiction]
Pig on the Titanic: A True Story!, by
Diego: Harcourt, Brace, 1996. [Fiction]
Gary Crew. New York: Harper Collins,
2005. [Fiction]
SOS! Titanic!, by Frieda Wishinsky.
Toronto: Maple Tree Press, 2010.
Polar, the Titanic Bear, by Daisy [Fiction]
Corning Stone Spedden. Toronto: Little
Brown and Company Canada, 1994. The Story of the Titanic, by Deborah
[Fiction] Heiligman. New York: Random House,
1998. [Nonfiction]
Remembering the Titanic, by Diane
Hoh. New York: Scholastic, 1998. Survivors: The Night the Titanic Sank,
[Nonfiction] by Caryn Jenner. New York: Dorling
Kindersley Pub., 2001. [Nonfiction]
Remembering the Titanic, by Frieda
Wishinsky. New York: Scholastic, 2012. That Fatal Night: The Titanic Diary of
[Fiction] Dorothy Wilton, by Sarah Ellis. (Dear
Canada series) Toronto: Scholastic
Royal Mail Steamship Titanic, by Sue L. Canada, 2011. [Fiction]
Hamilton. Bloomington, MN: Abdo &
Daughters, 1988. [Nonfiction] The Time-Traveling Fashionista, by
Bianca Turetskey. New York: Poppy,
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic 2011. [Fiction]
Tragedy: A Case to Remember, by
William Seil. London: Breese
Books, 1996. [Fiction]
Shipwrecks, by James Stewart.
North Mankato, MN: Smart
Apple Media, 2008. [Nonfiction]
The Sinking of the Titanic, by
Matt Doeden. Mankato, MN:
Capstone Press, 2005.
[Nonfiction]

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Titanic, by Simon Adams. New York: DK
Publishing, 2009. [Nonfiction]
Titanic, by Anna Claybourne and Katie
Daynes. New York: Scholastic Inc.,
2007. [Nonfiction]
Titanic: Disaster at Sea, by Martin
Jenkins. Somerville, MA: Candlewick
Press, 2008. [Fiction]
The Titanic, by Deborah Kent. Chicago:
Children's Press, 1993. [Nonfiction]
Titanic, by Will Osborne. (Magic Tree
House Research Guide series) New York:
Random House, 2002. [Nonfiction]
The Titanic, by Jim Pipe. Richmond Hill:
Firefly Books, 2007. [Nonfiction]
Titanic, by Frank Sloan. Austin: Raintree
Steck-Vaugn Publishers, 1998.
[Nonfiction]
The Titanic: An Interactive History
Adventure, by Bob Temple. Mankato,
MN: Capstone Press, 2008. [Nonfiction]
Titanic Cat, by Leonard Mlodinow. New
York: Scholastic, 2004. [Fiction]
Titanic: Collision Course, by Gordon
Korman. Toronto: Scholastic, 2011.
[Fiction]
Titanic Crossing, by Barbara Williams.
New York: Dial Books for Young
Readers, 1995. [Fiction]
Titanic: Disaster At Sea, by Philip
Wilkinson. Mankato, MN: Capstone
Press, 2011. [Fiction]
Titanic: The Disaster that Shook the
World!, by Mark Dubowski. Bolton,
ON: Fenn Pub., 1998. [Nonfiction]
Titanic: The Long Night, by Diane Hoh.
New York: Scholastic, 1998. [Fiction]
The Titanic: Lost...and Found, by Judy
Donnelly. New York: Random House
Inc., 1987. [Nonfiction]
Titanic: National Geographic
Readers, by Melissa Stewart. Des
Moines: National Geographic Society,
2012. [Nonfiction]
The Titanic Sinks!, by Thomas Conklin.
New York: Random House, 1997.
[Nonfiction]
Titanic: S.O.S., by Gordon Korman.
Toronto: Scholastic, 2011. [Fiction]
Titanic: Unsinkable, by Gordon
Korman. Toronto: Scholastic, 2011.
[Fiction]
To Save the Titanic from Disaster, by
Frank Senauth. Pittsburgh: Dorrance,
1999. [Fiction]
Tonight on the Titanic, by Mary Pope
Osborne. New York: Random House,
1999. [Fiction]
Touched By Titanic: Creative Writing,
Poetry and Drawings, by Children from
Belfast, Cobh and Halifax. Belfast:
Belfast City Council, 2002. [Nonfiction]
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary
of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic,
1912, by Ellen Emerson White. New
York: Scholastic, 1998. [Fiction]
The Watch that Ends the Night: Voices
from the Titanic, by Allan Wolf.
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press,
2011. [Fiction]
What Sank the World’s Biggest Ship?:
And Other Questions about the RMS
Titanic, by Mary Kay Carson. New York:
Sterling Publishing Co., 2012.
[Nonfiction]
You Wouldn’t Want to Sail on the
Titanic!: One Voyage You’d Rather Not
Make, by David Stewart. New York:
Franklin Watts, 2001. [Nonfiction]
Cookery
Last Dinner on the Titanic, by Rick
Archbold. Toronto: Madison Press,
1997.
Feature Film & Documentary
Titanic, by James Cameron. Hollywood:
Paramount Pictures, 1999. [DVD].
Titanic, by Jean Negulesco. Beverly
Hills: 20th Century Fox Home
Entertainment, 2003. [DVD].
Titanic II, by Shane Van Dyke. Toronto:
Video Services Corp., 2010. [DVD]
Titanic: The Definitive Documentary
Collection, by Dan Dalton Productions.
Minneapolis: Mill Creek Entertainment,
2012. [Nonfiction DVD)
Titanic: How It Really Sank, by Patrick
Reams. Universal City: Vivendi
Entertainment, 2009. [Nonfiction DVD]
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Carpathia, by Matt Forbeck.
Nottingham: Angry Robot Limited,
2012. [Fiction]
Diligent River Daughter: A Novel, by
Bruce Graham. East Lawrencetown:
Pottersfield Press, 2011.
Douglas Adams’s Starship Titanic, by
Terry Jones and Douglas Adams. New
York: Harmony Books, 1997.
The Dressmaker, by Kate Alcott. New
York: Knopf Doubleday, 2012.
Every Man for Himself, by Beryl
Bainbridge. New York: Carroll & Graf,
1996.
Futility: Or, the Wreck of the Titan, by
Morgan Robertson. Minneapolis:
Filiquarian, 2006 (pub. 1898).
The Ghost from the Grand Banks, by
Arthur Charles Clarke. New York:
Bantam, 1990.
Good as Gold, by Louise Patten.
Toronto: McArthur & Co., 2011.
A Good Woman, by Danielle Steel. New
York: Random House Large Print, 2008.
No Greater Love, by Danielle Steel.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1991.
Master of the Titanic, by Pat Lacey. Long
Preston: Magna Large Print Books, 1997.
Psalm at Journey’s End, by Erik Fosnes
Hansen. New York: Farrar, Straus &
Giroux, 1996.
Raise the Titanic!, by Clive Cussler.
New York: Viking Press, 1976.
Terror on the Titanic, by Jim Wallace
and Frank Bolle. New York: Bantam
Books, 1996.
Titanic, by Tony Aspler. Toronto:
Doubleday Canada, 1989.
Titanic, edited by John Wilson Foster.
New York: Penguin Books, 1999.
Titanic Ashes, by Paul Butler. St. Johns:
Flanker Press, 2012.
Turn of the Tide, by Pamela Oldfield.
Long Preston, England: Magna, 1990.
French
Au coeur du Titanic, by Ken Marschall.
Paris: Casterman, c1997.
Les dernières heures du Titanic, by
Mary Pope Osborne. Paris: Bayards
Éditions Jeunesse, 2005. [Children’s
French Fiction]
Le Titanic, perdu–et retrouve, by Judy
Donnelly et Keith Kohler. Saint-Lambert:
Heritage, 1988.
La tragédie du Titanic, by Simon
Adams. Paris: Gallimard, 1999.
Titanic. 1, Insubmersible , by Gordon
Korman. Markham: Editions Scholastic,
2012. [Children’s French Fiction]
Titanic. 2, la Collision, by Gordon
Korman. Markham: Editions Scholastic,
2012. [Children’s French Fiction]
Titanic. 3, SOS, by Gordon Korman.
Markham: Editions Scholastic, 2012.
[Children’s French Fiction]
Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulo
savoir sur le Titanic, by Hugh Brewster.
Markham: Editions Scholastic, 2012.
[Children’s French Nonfiction]
General Works
The Complete Titanic: From the Ship’s
Earliest Blueprints to the Epic Film, by
Stephen J. Spignesi. Secaucus, NJ: Carol
Pub., 1998.
The Deathless Story of the “Titanic,”
by Philip Gibbs. Riverside, CT: 7C’s
Press, [n.d.].
Farewell Titanic, by Charles Pellegrino.
New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 2012.
Iceberg, Right Ahead! The Tragedy of
the Titanic, by Stephanie McPherson.
Minneapolis: Twenty-First Century
Books, 2012.
LIFE Titanic: 100 Years Later, by Life
Magazine editors. New York: Time
Home Entertainment, 2012.
Loss of the S.S. Titanic: A Centennial
Reappraisal, by Samuel Halpern.
Stroud, Eng.: History Press, 2012.
The Lost Film of the Titanic. [S.l.]:
Kingfisher Productions, [199-]. [video
recording].
The Myth of the Titanic, by Richard
Howells. Basingstoke, Eng.: Palgrave
Macmillan, 2012.
The Night Lives On, by Walter Lord.
New York: Morrow, 1986.
A Night to Remember, by Walter Lord.
New York: Holt, 1955.
1912 Facts About Titanic, by Lee W.
Merideth. Sunnyvale: Rocklin Press,
2003.
“R.M.S. Titanic Sinks,” by Fran Locher
Freiman. Failed Technology: True
Stories of Technological Disasters, 3-11.
New York: UXL, 1995.
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The Ship that Stood Still: The Californian
and Her Mysterious Role in the Titanic
Disaster, by Leslie Reade and Edward P.
de Groot. New York: Norton, 1993.
“Sinking of the Titanic Off Newfoundland,”
ed. by Neil Schlager. When Technology
Fails: Significant Technological
Disasters, Accidents, and Failures of
the Twentieth Century, 540-546.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1994.
The Sinking of the Titanic: Thrilling
Stories of Survivors with Photographs
& Sketches. Halifax: Nimbus, 1998.
“Titanic,” by Robert Greenhalgh
Albion. Five Centuries of Famous
Ships: From the Santa Maria to the
Glomar Explorer, 335-339. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1978.
Titanic, by Leo Marriott. London:
Promotional Reprint Book, 1997.
The Titanic, by Edward Mulhare. [S.l.]:
MPI Home Video, 1988. [video
recording]
Titanic, by Melissa Peltier. New York:
A&E Television Networks, 1994. [video
recording].
Titanic, by Tim Vicary; ed. Christine
Lindop. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2009.
“Titanic, Atlantic: April 15, 1912," by
Keith Eastlake. World Disasters:
Tragedies in the Modern Age, 47-50.
Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001.
“Titanic Connections,” by Brian Robinson.
An Nasc 15 (Summer, 2003): 5-13.
Titanic: The Death and Life of a
Legend, by Michael Davie. New York:
Knopf, 1987.
Titanic: Destination Disaster: The
Legends and the Reality, by John P.
Eaton and Charles A. Haas. New York:
Norton, 1987.
Titanic: Disaster of the Century, by
Wyn Wade. New York: Skyhorse
Publishing Co., 2012.
The Titanic, End of a Dream, by Wyn
Craig Wade. New York: Penguin Books,
1986.
Titanic for Dummies. Mississauga:
John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
Titanic: The Full Story of a Tragedy, by
Michael Davie. London: Bodley Head,
1986.
Titanic: The Great Lakes Connections,
by Cris Kohl. West Chicago: Seawolf
Communications, 2000.
Titanic: An Illustrated History, by Don
Lynch. Toronto: Madison Press Books,
2010.
Titanic in Photographs, by Daniel
Klistorner. Stroud, England: The
History Press, 2012.
Titanic Legacy: Disaster as Media
Event and Myth, by Paul Heyer.
Westport: Praeger, 1995.
Titanic: Legacy of the World’s Greatest
Ocean Liner, by Susan Wells. Alexandria:
Time-Life Books, 1997.
Titanic: A Night Remembered, by
Stephanie L. Barczewski. London:
Hambledon and London, 2004.
Titanic: The Story of the Great White
Star Line Trio: The Olympic, the Titanic
and the Britannic, by Thomas E.
Bonsall. New York: Gallery Books, 1987.
Titanic Tragedy: Stories from the
Mighty Titanic, by Arnot P. McIntee.
St. Catherines: M & M Publishers, [n.d.].
“The Titanic Tragedy,” by Barbara
Whitby. Strange and Supernatural:
Chilling Tales from Canada’s East
Coast, 37-59. Toronto: James Lorimer
and Company Ltd., 2009.
Titanic, Triumph and Tragedy, by John
P. Eaton and Charles A. Haas. New
York: Norton, 1996.
“The Ultimate Catastrophe,” by William
H. Flayhart. Perils of the Atlantic:
Steamship Disasters, 1850 to the
Present, 223-254. New York: W.W.
Norton & Company, 2003.
“Unsinkable,” ed. by Anthony Brandt.
The Tragic History of the Sea:
Shipwrecks from the Bible to Titanic,
313-329. Washington: National
Geographic Society, 2006.
Unsinkable: The Full Story of the RMS
Titanic, by Daniel Allen Butler.
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 1998.
“The Unsinkable Ship,” by Ronald
Harold Sherwood. Sagas of the Land
and Sea, 26-32. Hantsport: Lancelot
Press, 1980.
Wreck and Sinking of the Titanic: The
Ocean’s Greatest Disaster, ed. by
Marshall Everett. [S.l: s.n.], [1998].
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“The oarsmen laid on their oars and all in the lifeboat were motionless as
we watched her in absolute silence. Save some who would not look and
buried their heads on each other's shoulders.”
Government Documents
The Titanic Disaster Hearings: The
Official Transcripts of the 1912 Senate
Investigation, edited by Tom Kuntz.
New York: Pocket Books, 1998.
Halifax
“The Body in Grave 15: A Story of the
R.M.S. Titanic’s Halifax Connection,” by
Herb Kugel. Saltscapes 3 no.1 (January/
February 2002): 14-16.
“The Dead of the Titanic,” by Steve
Vernon. Halifax Haunts: Exploring the
City’s Spookiest Spaces, 136-144.
Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 2009.
“A Dreadful Task: The Undertakers and
the Titanic Disaster,” by George Burden
and Dorothy Grant. Amazing Medical
Stories, 71-78. Fredericton: Goose Lane
Editions, 2003.
“Economies of Sail,” by Lezlie Lowe.
The Coast 6 no.10 (August 13-August
20 1998): 11-12.
“Fish Feathers: Some Titanic Lore,” by
Alan Ruffman. The Griffin 25 no.3
(Sept. 2000): 4.
Footsteps in Halifax, Footnotes to
History,” by John P. Eaton and Charles
Haas. Titanic Commutator 1 (1983): 3-54.
— Lawrence Beesley
Great Cemeteries of the World.
Fairview Lawn, Halifax. Wheeling, IL:
Film Ideas, 2008. [DVD]
Halifax and Titanic, by John Boileau.
Halifax: Nimbus, 2012.
“Halifax and the Titanic Disaster,” by
Gavin Murphy. The Atlantic Advocate
76 no.12 (August 1986): 22-24.
“Halifax Cemeteries Remember
‘Titanic,’” by Steve Libby. The Atlantic
Advocate, 66 no.9 ( May 1976): 57, 59.
“The RMS Titanic,” by Harry Chapman.
Stories from Nova Scotia’s Past, 59-62.
Dartmouth: Dartmouth Historical
Association, 2008.
“Royal Mail Steamer Titanic,” by Bob
Chuck. Time in a Bottle: Historic
Halifax Harbour from the Bottom Up,
233-236. East Lawrencetown:
Pottersfield Press, 2002.
“The Titanic,” by Elsie Millington.
Purcell’s Cove: The Little Place that
Helped Build Halifax City, 42-45.
Victoria: S. Millington, 2000.
Titanic Halifax: A Guide to Sites, by
Alan Jeffers and Rob Gordon. Halifax:
Nimbus, 1998.
Titanic Remembered: The
Unsinkable Ship and Halifax, by Alan
Ruffman. Halifax: Formac, 1999.
“Titanic Sinks, Halifax Rises.” The
Beaver, 78 no 5 (October/November
1998): 49, 51.
“[Titanic Victims],” by Nova Scotia
Archives and Records Management.
Halifax and Its People: 1749-1999, 50-
53. Halifax: Nimbus, 1999.
Titanic Victims in Halifax Graveyards,
by Blair Beed. Halifax: Nimbus, 2010.
“Wreck of the Titanic,” by Roland
Harold Sherwood. Story Parade: The
Odd, the Interesting, the Fact, the
Legend, the Tragedy and the Humor of
People, Places and Events in Canada’s
Maritime Provinces, 179-183.
Sackville: The Tribune Press, [1948].
Icebergs
“[The Titanic],” by Stephen E. Bruneau.
Icebergs of Newfoundland and Labrador,
42. St. John’s: Flanker Press, 2004.
Voyage of the Iceberg: The Story of the
Iceberg that Sank the Titanic, by
Richard Brown. Toronto: Lorimer, 1983.
Music
The Band that Played On: The
Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians
Who Went Down with the Titanic, by
Steve Turner. Nashville: Thomas
Nelson, 2011.
And the Band Played On: Music Played
on the Titanic, by Salonisti. London:
[n.p.], 1997.
Hymn for Eternity: The Story of Wallace
Hartley, Titanic Bandmaster, by
Yvonne Carroll. Gloucestershire:
History Press, 2012.
Music from the Motion Picture, Titanic,
by James Horner and Céline Dion.
North York: Sony Music Entertainment
Canada Inc., 1997.
My Love: Essential Collection, by
Celine Dion. New York: Sony BMG,
2008.
The Sinking of the Titanic, by Gavin
Bryars Ensemble. New York: Point
Music, 1994.
The Titanic Songbook: Music as Heard
on the Fateful Voyage, April 1912, by
Ian Whitcomb. Pacific, MO: Mel Bay:
Rhino, 1997.
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 Nova Scotia
The Titanic and the Californian, by
Peter Padfield. London: Hodder and
Stoughton, [1965].
“The Titanic Captain and Us: Infamous
Skipper was Student of Nova Scotian
Sailors,” by Bruce Nunn. More History
With a Twist: True Stories from Mr.
Nova Scotia Know-It-All, 32-35. Halifax:
Nimbus, 2001.
Samson: The Titanic’s Mystery Ship –
The Yarmouth Connection, by Ellen M.
Sweeney. Yarmouth: Yarmouth County
Historical Society, 1999.
“Selling Titanic,” by Gillian Thorpe.
Atlantic Progress 5 no.5 (August, 1998):
45-48.
Periodicals
The Titanic Commutator, by the Titanic
Historical Society. Indian Orchard, MA:
Titanic Historical Society, [1978-].
Titanic Times, by Effective Publishing
Ltd. Halifax: Effective Publishing Ltd.,
[Volume 1, Revised Edition, 2000].
Shipbuilding
Anatomy of the Titanic, by Tom
McCluskie. San Diego: Thunder Bay
Press, 1998.
The Birth of the Titanic, by Michael
McCaughan. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s
University Press, 1999.
Building the Titanic: An Epic Tale of the
Creation of History’s Most Famous
Ocean Liner, by Rod Green.
Pleasantville: Reader’s Digest, 2005.
RMS Titanic: A Model Maker's Guide, by
Peter Davies-Garner. Mechanicsburg,
PA: Stackpole Books, 2005.
RMS Titanic 1909-12 (Olympic Class):
Owner’s Workshop Manual: An
Insight into the Design, Construction
and Operation of the Most Famous
Passenger Ship of all Time, by David
Hutchings & Richard de Kerbrech.
Minneapolis: Zenith Press, 2011.
Titanic, by Anton Gill. London:
Transworld Publishers Ltd., 2012.
Titanic: Born in Belfast. West Long
Branch: White Star/Kultur International
Films, 2008. [DVD]
Titanic: The Ship Magnificent, by Bruce
Beveridge [et.al.]; Art Braunschweiger,
ed. Gloucestershire: History Press,
2008.
Titanic Wreck
Adventures in Ocean Exploration:
From the Discovery of the Titanic to
the Search for Noah’s Flood, by Robert
D. Ballard. Washington: National
Geographic, 2001.
Beyond Reach: The Search for the
Titanic, by William Hoffman. New York:
Beaufort Books, 1982.
The Discovery of the Titanic, by Robert
D. Ballard. Toronto: Viking, 1995.
Ghosts of the Abyss, by James Cameron.
Burbank: Disney DVD, 2004. [DVD].
Ghosts of the Abyss: A Journey into the
Heart of the Titanic, by Don Lynch.
Toronto: Da Capo Press/Madison Press,
2003.
Ghosts of the Titanic, by Charles R.
Pellegrino. New York: William Morrow,
2000.
Her Name, Titanic: The Untold Story of the
Sinking and Finding of the Unsinkable
Ship, by Charles R. Pellegrino. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 1988.
Return to Titanic: A New Look at the
World’s Most Famous Lost Ship, by
Robert D. Ballard. Washington:
National Geographic, 2004.
Secrets of the Titanic, by Nicolas Noxon
& Robert Ballard. Universal City:
Vivendi Entertainment, 2005.
Story of the Wreck of the Titanic, by
Marshall Everett. Leicester:
Charnwood, 1999.
Titanic, by Lisa Moore LaRoe.
Washington: National Geographic
Society, [1997]
Titanic. Vol. 1, The Investigation Begins
[and] Vol. 2, Anatomy of a Disaster, by
Martin Sheen. Montreal: Alliance
Video, 1997. [video recording].
Titanic’s Final Moments: Missing
Pieces. New York: A&E Home Video,
2007. [DVD]
Titanic’s Last Secrets: The Further
Adventures of Shadow Divers, John
Chatterton and Richie Kohler, by Brad
Matsen. New York: Twelve, 2008.
What Really Sank the Titanic?: New
Forensic Discoveries, by Jennifer
Hooper McCarty and Tim Foecke. New
York: Citadel, 2008.
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 FINDING OUT MORE
In the Library Catalogue
For a listing of other resources about the
Titanic, use the words “Titanic” or
“Shipwrecks Atlantic” in the search box.
or visit http://goo.gl/IKLBw .
Magazine & Newspaper Articles
Use the keyword “Titanic” to search
any of the following magazine and
newspaper indexes.
Canadian Periodicals Index (CPI.Q).
(1980-present). Comprehensive list of
Canadian and International journals,
magazines, and selections from the
Globe and Mail.
General Reference Center. (1980-
present). Indexes primarily American
and some Canadian magazines,
reference books, and newspapers.
ProQuest Databases (1985-present).
Indexes over 700 Canadian magazines
and select newspapers, with an emphasis
on business or current events.
Eureka.cc (2000-present) Full-text
access to the Chronicle Herald,
Halifax Daily News, Cape Breton Post,
New Glasgow Evening News, Amherst
Daily News and Truro Daily News.
Available in-house at Spring Garden
Road.
Many local, regional and monthly
periodicals are not indexed. The
Reference Department of the Spring
Garden Road Memorial Public Library
has produced an in-house index of its
books, magazines and information files,
to aid staff in locating information
about the Titanic. Call 490-5710 for
inquiries.
Information Files
Information files include newspaper
clippings, brochures and other unique
sources. Call 490-5710 for inquiries.
The Reference Department (Spring
Garden Road Memorial Public Library)
has: Shipwrecks-Titanic.
halifaxpubliclibraries.ca
Photo Credits
Cover - RMS Titanic departing Southampton on
April 10, 1912; author, F.G.O. Stuart (1843-1923);
Wikipedia Commons.
Pg. 2 a.) RMS Titanic: Grand Staircase: United
States Library of Congress; PD—UK;
b.) RMS Titanic beginning a day of sea trials, Apr.
2, 1912; U.S. National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA) ARC RG 306.
Pg. 3 a.) Titanic Route; Wikipedia (PDI);
b.) “Titanic, to be launched,” Belfast, 1911; U.S.
Library of Congress.
Pg. 4 a.) Titanic Boarding Pass;
b.) Iceberg suspected of having sunk the RMS
Titanic {PD-USGov-DHS-CG} ; photo taken by chief
steward of the liner, Prinze Adelbert, April 15,
1912.
Pg. 5 a.) Crowd in NYC awaiting survivors from the
Titanic; U.S. Library of congress;
b.) Last lifeboat with Titanic survivors, taken by a
passenger from The Carpathia, April 15, 1912; U.S.
National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA), Washington, DC.
Pg. 6 (Extract) from “Daily Memorandum from the
Hydrographic Office Reporting Titanic Disaster,
04/15/1912;” US Navy; U.S. National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA), Washington, DC. ;
MLR #383.
Pg. 7 a.) Recovered unidentified bodies ex R.M.S.
Titanic arriving at the Mayflower Curling Club,
Agricola Street, set up as a temporary morgue.
1912; NSA, Fader Collection, 1972-21 no. 6.
b.) Grave marker for Titanic victim, unknown child
at Fairview Cemetery, Halifax; photo by
Christopher Sibley (Wellington, New Zealand),
2005.
Pg. 8 a.) From “The Loss of the S.S. Titanic: Its
Story and its Lessons,” by Lawrence Beesley
(Titanic Survivor); (Project Gutenberg Literary
Archive Foundation);
b.) Historic American Sheet Music (Duke Univ.;
Special Collections Library #a9433).
Pg. 9 a.) New York Times headline; New York
Times, April 16, 1912.
b.) “The Margin of Safety Is Too Narrow!,” original
newspaper cartoon, 1912; Library & Archives
Canada ref.# LAC:00107
Photos included here are in the Public Domain;
author/source and date provided (where possible)
according to guidelines for non-restricted
reproduction; or otherwise used with expressed
permission.
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