Author: Walter
Lord
Genre: Titanic
(it should count as a genre)
My rating
on a 1-10 scale: 8.5
Type: Non-fiction
Number of
pages: 200
Time
period: Early 1900’s
My overall
opinion: This is a step by step account of the sinking of the Titanic. It’s sad, but intensely interesting.
Obviously Walter Lord did a ton of research to write this book.
One thing that I was struck by as I read was how the boats were
very much “ladies and children first.” Many gentlemen refused to go until they were sure all the ladies and children were
on. It’s been over 100 years since Titanic
sank. Are men still such gentlemen? If a boat was sinking in the Atlantic,
and no rescue was near, only a few lifeboats…would men nowadays still send the
ladies first? I greatly fear we have become much more of a self-centered
nation. Certainly, I believe that there are still gentlemen out there – the kind
who open doors, let ladies go first, seat the girls. But not as many as there
once were. It’s sad, I think. Very sad.
If you are interested in learning about the Titanic, this is
definitely a book you should pick up! It was the best of its kind for decades.