The Titanic and Pennsylvania: The Keystone State Connection Volume 1
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.19 (930 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1518618782 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 426 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars Stephen K Miller Quite interesting, insightful detail on all passengers their lives before and after the sinking.. Five Stars altaf THANKS, Ned W Schillow
About the Author Ned W. . He is also Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Lehigh Carbon Community College in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania. His fascination with the Titanic goes back to his youth, especially tied to watching the 1950s era movies on the subject at his grandparents’ home. During his lifetime he has watched Skippack transform itself from a rural village into a suburban Philadelphia town, complete with many restaurants, small shops, and boutiques. Schillow is a lifelong resident of Skippack, Pennsylvania. Among his interests are reading and travel, and many of his journeys in recent years have included Titanic-related museums, displays, monuments, and cemeteries where passengers on the ship are buried or commemorated. He’s always been fascinated by local histo
The Titanic and Pennsylvania: The Keystone State Connection, volume 1, provides biographical accounts of passengers on the Titanic who had clear ties to Pennsylvania. While the general history is familiar to most, the use of quotations from the writings and interviews of Pennsylvania-related passengers help move the details forward in a personalized manner. Appendices are included citing sources and listing Pennsylvania-linked passengers and non-passengers who are tied to the Titanic story. Finally, chapter 8 looks at those other passengers who were unarguably Pennsylvanians from the perspective of where they were born but who had moved out of state some time before 1912. The Introduction covers Clement Action Griscom, first president of the International Mercantile Marine, and the path that led the White Star line to build the Titanic. Pennsylvania in 1912: rich in history, home to society’s finest and hard-working laborers, upscale department stores and back-country vendors, Main Line mansions and rural farms, and excellent public transit and horse-drawn carts. Chapter 5 summarizes the second class Pennsylvanians who were returning home to the state, and chapter 6 does the same for their counterparts in third class. This book is the first of a two volume series, with the second volume looking at other passengers aboard the Titanic who had connections to Pennsylvania other than those
He’s always been fascinated by local history and its impact on the lives of those who lived through those events. Among his interests are reading and travel, and many of his journeys in recent years have included Titanic-related museums, displays, monuments, and cemeteries where passengers on the ship are buried or commemorated. Schillow is a lifelong resident of