THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC

INTRODUCTION

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City. She carried 2,224 passengers and crew. The sinking caused the deaths of more than 1,500 people, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in modern history.

The RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service. It was the second of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line, and was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Thomas Andrews, her naval architect, Andrews was among those lost during the sinking.

Wikipedia article on the Titanic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic.

ABBREVIATIONS

Library Branches

BU: Buder Branch
CO: Carondelet Branch
DA: Julia Davis Branch
DI: Divoll Branch
CP: Carpenter Branch
MA: Machacek Branch
SC: Schlafly Branch

Central Library Locations

CE: Central Express
HG: History & Geography Room
ST: Stacks
STL: St. Louis Room

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Title: The birth of the Titanic.
Author/Compiler: McCaughan, Michael.
Local Call Number: MA--910.91634
Publication Date: 1999
Format: Books.

Title: Farewell, Titanic: her final legacy.
Author/Compiler: Pellegrino, Charles R.
Local Call Number: CP--910.91634
Publication Date: 2012.
Format: Books.

Title: James Cameron's Titanic; photography by Douglas Kirkland; unit photography by Merie W. Wallace; project editor, Jain Lemos; book design by Joel Avirom and Jason Snyder.
Author/Compiler: Cameron, James, and Ed. W. Marsh.
Local Call Number: ST--Oversize 791.4302
Publication Date: 1997.
Format: Books.

Title: The rough guide to the Titanic.
Author/Compiler: Ward, Greg.
Local Call Number: CO--910.91634
Publication Date: 201.2
Format: Books.

Title: Titanic: a night remembered.
Author/Compiler: Barczewski, Stephanie L.
Local Call Number: HG--910.91634
Publication Date: 2004.
Format: Books.

Title: The Titanic and the Californian.
Author/Compiler: Padfield, Peter.
Local Call Number: ST--910.4
Publication Date: 1966.
Format: Books.

Title: The Titanic for dummies.
Author/Compiler: Spignesi, Stephen J.
Local Call Number: DA, SC--910.91634
Publication Date: 2012.
Format: Books.

Title: Titanic: legacy of the world's greatest ocean liner
Author/Compiler: Wels, Susan.
Local Call Number: HG, BU, CO--910.91634 Publication Date: 1997.
Format: Books.

Title: The "Titanic man", Carlos F. Hurd: covering the most famous of all shipwrecks, S.S. Titanic.
Author/Compiler: Gillespie, Vera; Gillespie, John; and Carlos F. Hurd.
Local Call Number: STL, ST--910.91634
Publication Date: 1996.
Format: Books.

Title: The Titanic story.
Author/Compiler: Hutchings, David F.
Local Call Number: DI--363.1230916
Publication Date: 2008.
Format: Books.