The picture included in the book on page 17 labeled as the Titanic's wireless room, is NOT the Titanic's wireless room. The other error is more cosmetic and slightly puzzling. The matter of Titanic's "unsinkability" could easily have been addressed using this magazine and then mentioning the over-confidence that people had in the safety of the Titanic. The claim of "practically unsinkable" was put forth by a shipping magazine of the time. White Star Line had NEVER advertised that either the Titanic or her sister ship before her, the Olympic", were unsinkable. First and most annoying, was that the book asserted that Ismay (Director of the White Star Line) and Captain Smith (Titanic's captain) "both" claimed that the Titanic was "unsinkable" when nothing could be further from the truth. What was more troubling, were the several errors I discovered. There was no personal information on any one person, but for a 30 page that's fine. "Remembering the Titanic" didn't start off too bad, mostly general and basic information. I know that this book is for grades 1 - 3, but since I am going to probably be teaching students who are several grades behind in history, I figured that having an idea of what children's books on the subject of the "Titanic" were out there and how knowledgeable they were.
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