Headlines such as this one, from the Indianapolis Star in April 1912, bombarded newspapers after the RMS Titanic, the unsinkable ship, sank that fateful night more than 100 years ago. Everyone knows ...
The book "Understanding J. Bruce Ismay" claims that the managing director of White Star Line, who was fiercely criticized for escaping the Titanic on a lifeboat, was a hero who helped dozens of women ...