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100 1  Bancroft, James W.,|d1953-|eauthor. 
245 14 The Titanic Disaster :|bOmens, Mysteries and Misfortunes 
       of the Doomed Liner /|cJames W. Bancroft. 
264  1 Barnsley :|bFrontline Books,|c2023. 
300    ix, 164 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations (black and white) ;|c24 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
336    still image|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
520    It was on Wednesday, 10 April 1912, that the imposing bulk
       of the RMS Titanic slipped her berth, and, to great 
       fanfare, headed out into the Solent at the start of her 
       maiden voyage.By all accounts, the liner was at the time 
       the largest man-made object ever to move on water. The 
       space her decks created allowed her designers to introduce
       previously unseen levels of luxury. In first class, for 
       example, there were many new features such as squash 
       courts, a Turkish bath, a gymnasium, a barber shop and 
       even the first swimming pool built on board a ship. There 
       was also the bold claim by its builders that Titanic was 
       'practically unsinkable'. Sadly, just four days later, 
       this assertion was found wanting. At 23.40 hours on the 
       evening of 14 April, Titanic struck an iceberg. In less 
       than three hours she had slipped beneath the waves.While 
       the liner's loss has been the subject of numerous films, 
       documentaries and publications in the years that followed,
       in this book the author James W. Bancroft asks if the RMS 
       Titanic had been doomed to a watery grave even before it 
       sailed? Certainly, many people experienced feelings of 
       foreboding about the ship, and there were many strange 
       omens and unexplained events surrounding its construction 
       and maiden voyage.A novel written many years before 
       Titanic was built mirrored almost exactly the details of 
       the disaster, and the well-known spiritualist, W.T. Stead,
       wrote a story of a similar nature. As a passenger on the 
       ship, he seemed to have accepted his fate and did not try 
       to save himself. Even animals seem to have sensed danger, 
       such as the dog which tried to stop its owner from 
       traveling to board the vessel, and Titanic's cat had 
       kittens and was seen taking them all off the liner before 
       it sailed. The voyage was fatefully delayed for three 
       weeks, and at least fifty travelers had forebodings about 
       the 'Ghost Ship', some of whom missed the sailing or 
       refused to board.Following years of research, James has 
       uncovered some 100 fascinating stories concerning omens 
       and premonitions of people who sailed - or in fact decided
       not to - on the ill-fated liner. This is the first time 
       that all of these incidents have been brought together. 
       Together they provide an unusual insight into the Titanic 
       disaster. 
610 20 Titanic (Steamship) 
650  0 Shipwrecks|zNorth Atlantic Ocean.