Presents an introduction to the Titantic disaster, describing the planning and building of the ship, its departure, its passengers, and its fatal collision with an iceberg and eventual sinking.
Four children--Paddy, Sophie, Juliana, and Alfie--are the only people on the Titanic who know that a killer is on the loose, and the threat becomes even bigger when the ship hits an iceberg.
Paddy, Sophie, Juliana, and Alfie explore the mysteries that exist aboard the Titanic, and when an impending disaster means time is running out, the group must find the truth, identify the killer, and try not to sink with the ship.
Provides a brief overview of the sinking of the RMS "Titanic," in 1912, describing the ship's collision with an iceberg, the safety precautions the ship had for passengers in the event of an emergency, and the rescue efforts to save the surviving passengers.
Fictionalized account of the wreck of the steamship Ethie which occurred on the remote western coast of Newfoundland in December 1919 and in which the dog Skipper proved his heroism.
Presents a comparative discussion of two different shipwrecks separated by two centuries and two thousand miles, covering the "Henrietta Marve," a slave trader that sunk off the coast of Florida in 1700, and the wreck of an elegant steamer from a middle-class community in Maine.
Describes the events surrounding the sinking of the ship "Titanic" in 1912, revealing the historical details from the perspectives of a first-class passenger, a third-class passenger, and a crewmember.
