SuitabookMany lives within one disaster
Voices range from wealthy passengers and a refugee to Molly Brown, the captain, lookout, wireless men, a boy and a gambler.
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Allan Wolf - Author
Take it as a multi-voice reconstruction of a well-known maritime disaster, where personal hopes, social differences and documentary fragments sit alongside the impending tragedy.
Recreates the 1912 sinking of the Titanic as observed by millionaire John Jacob Astor, a beautiful young Lebanese refugee finding first love, "Unsinkable" Molly Brown, Captain Smith, and others including the iceberg itself. Millionaire John Jacob Astor hopes to bring home his pregnant teen bride with a minimum of media scandal. A beautiful Lebanese refugee, on her way to family in Florida, discovers the first stirrings of love. And an ancient iceberg glides south, anticipating its fateful encounter. The voices in this remarkable re-creation of the Titanic disaster span classes and stations, from Margaret ("the unsinkable Molly") Brown to the captain who went down with his ship; from the lookout and wireless men to a young boy in search of dragons and a gambler in search of marks. Slipping in telegraphs, undertaker’s reports, and other records, poet Allan Wolf offers a breathtaking, intimate glimpse at the lives behind the tragedy, told with clear-eyed compassion and astounding emotional power. - Publisher.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceTake it as a multi-voice reconstruction of a well-known maritime disaster, where personal hopes, social differences and documentary fragments sit alongside the impending tragedy.
Voices range from wealthy passengers and a refugee to Molly Brown, the captain, lookout, wireless men, a boy and a gambler.
The work recreates the 1912 sinking and interweaves character viewpoints with telegraphs, undertaker’s reports and other records.
Expect emotionally powerful disaster material, including a sinking, deaths or fatal consequences, undertaker’s reports, pregnancy, displacement and emerging romance.
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