The Titanic’s First and Last Voyage
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The Titanic: A History of Screaming and Silence
Titanic was one of the first great mass media covered events in history. People are using it as a symbol of what they see as the egregious injustices of the period. The Countess of Rothis, who had demanded a more suitable first class cabin, now finds herself rowing a lifeboat for six hours in the dark. A rumor emerges about the fashion designer Lady Duff Gordon and her husband that they bribed the crew either to take them or according to some accounts to not go back to pick up the survivors. It s like a sort of ESOP s fable at sea.
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