In the ninety years since the
Titanic
sank, countless sermons and editorials, poems, songs and ads, socialists and chauvinists, Christians, reformers, anarchists, and pitchmen have drawn on the power of the century's worst disaster to move their audience.
Now Steven Biel, author of the acclaimed
Down with the Old Canoe
, has gathered some of the most telling of our culture's responses to this unparalleled tragedy, creating an invaluable sourcebook for anyone who wants to discover first-hand what people made of it, both then and now. Biel is today's best-known authority on the place of the
in American culture, and this book's unique appeal—inviting both the generally curious reader to browse its pages, and rewarding
buffs with many authentic gems—makes it a standout in the
literature.