"Unsinkable": The Full Story of the RMS Titanic
by Daniel Allen Butler

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Book Review: Strictly Facts
Summary: 5 Stars

pjhuntoon@hotmail.com, May 31, 2004,
Strictly Facts
Let me start out this review by saying that this book was amazing. I have always been itrigued by the story of the Titanic but it was hard to get a story that didn't try to lay blame on one person or another. This book is exactly what I wanted; it is the story of the Titanic based strictly on facts and passenger accounts of what happened on board. Daniel Allen Butler did his research when he wrote this book about the worst tragedy to ever hit the ocean, it is a very detailed account of what happened from the building of the Titanic to the inquiries in to who was to blame for the incident. No other tragedy in the history of man could have been so easily averted. There was a series of events that caused this momentus loss of life, and had any one of these events been altered it could have saved the 1502 passengers lives that were lost. One thousand five hundred and two lives gone in one night with only 705 passengers saved a tragedy indeed.
The good thing about this book is that it is based on the facts. It isn't romanticized in the least bit. You can read the book and you feel you know what happened that tragic night. However it does leave you questions, which will perhaps never be answered. Yet this is a good thing, a good book is going to do that to you, it's going to make you want to learn more about the subject. Ever since reading this book I have wanted to learn more and more about the Titanic and the people on board her. This book had me hooked from the beginning and I'm still hooked now.
] The only bad thing about this book is that it is loaded with so many facts that you aren't able to take them all in at once. This to me isn't a bad thing however because I will reread it in the next week and it will be like a new book with new facts that I didn't remember from the last time I read it. So if you have any interest in the Titanic or if you are simply interested by a great tragedy go pick up this book it will have you hooked in the first five minutes.

Summary of "Unsinkable": The Full Story of the RMS Titanic

Unsinkable explores every facet of the Titanic's history, from its conception to a modern-day researcher's attempts to salvage the ship. The author presents a contemporary view of the crew and the passengers aboard, creating a better understanding of the time and the social psyche that played a role in the disaster. Also of note is Butler's enlistment of a clinical psychologist to analyze Captain Smith's mental state as the drama unfolded before him. Butler's passionate yet balanced narrative permits readers to conclude for themselves who or what was ultimately responsible for sinking the unsinkable ship.

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