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Introduction: R.M.S. Titanic: Doomed Ship of Dreams

Engineering News, January 12, 1911: The Olympic and Titanic Near Completion

PART I THE TITANIC FILES: A COMPLETE CHRONICLE OF THE TITANIC DISASTER

1. TITANIC ON THE RECORD

Titanic's Original Transcript of Register, March 25, 1912

Titanic's Original Certificate for Clearance, April 11, 1912

Titanic's Original Survey of Emigrant Ship, April 12, 1912

2. THE TITANIC TIME LINE: A Year-by-Year, Day-by-Day, Minute-by-Minute Account of the Titanic Tragedy and Its Aftermath, 1850-2002

3. LAST MEALS: Dining on the Titanic

The Complete Titanic Foodstuffs Inventory

The Complete Titanic Tableware and Linens Inventory

4. CALLING FOR HELP: The Complete Transcripts of the Seventy Titanic Marconigrams as Reported in the July 30, 1912, British Board of Trade Inquiry's "Report on the Loss of the Titanic"

The Thirty-Six Ships at Sea on the North Atlantic the Night the Titanic Foundered

The Carpathia's Captain Rostron's Preparations for Receiving the Titanic Survivors

5. THE LIFEBOATS: The Truth Will Never Be Known

The Contents of the Titanic's Lifeboats After the Rescue

The C.M. Lane Life Boat Co.'s Appraisal of the Gear Recovered From the Titanic's Lifeboats

6. A TITANIC WHO'S WHO: Profiles of Titanic Notables, Past and Present

7. TITANIC SURVIVORS SPEAK: Recollections by Three Women Who Lived Through the Titanic Disaster

8. ASKING QUESTIONS: A Comprehensive Look at the British Board of Trade Inquiry's "Report on the Loss of the Titanic"

Telegrams of Condolence

9. THE LAST PILGRIMAGE: The Twenty-Eight Most Important Findings From the Final Report of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee Titanic Hearing

The Eighty-Six Witnesses Who Testified at the U.S. Senate Subcommittee Hearing Into the Titanic Disaster

The U.S. Senate Subcommittee Testimony of Guglielmo Marconi

The U.S. Senate Subcommittee Testimony of Californian Captain Stanley Lord

Excerpts From J. Bruce Ismay's U.S. Senate Testimony

J. Bruce Ismay's Official Statement to the British Media Following the U.S. Senate Hearing

The U.S. Senate's Official Summary of Titanic Souls Lost and Saved

PART II ON THE TITANIC: A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL 1912 WRITINGS

10. THE FIRST NEW YORK TIMES STORY ABOUT THE TITANIC TRAGEDY: As It Appeared on the Front Page of the Monday, April 15, 1912 Edition

11. "THRILLING STORY BY TITANIC'S SURVIVING WIRELESS MAN"

HAROLD BRIDE

12. THE TITANIC ACCOUNTS OF DR. WASHINGTON DODGE AND MRS. DODGE

13. A FRONT PAGE EDITORIAL FROM THE NEW YORK EVENING JOURNAL, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1912

14. TWO ARTICLES FROM THE APRIL 1912 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

15. "ALL SAVED": The Front Page of the April 15, 1912, New York Evening Sun

16. TWO 1912 ARTICLES FROM ENGINEERING NEWS

17. A SELECTION OF ARTICLES FROM THE APRIL 16, 1912, BOSTON DAILY GLOBE

18. THE "UNSINKABLE" MOLLY BROWN'S TITANIC INSURANCE CLAIM

19. JOSEPH CONRAD ON THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC

PART III MYSTERIES OF THE TITANIC: A CENTURY OF SECRETS

20. WERE SHOTS FIRED ON THE TITANIC, AND DID FIRST OFFICER WILLIAM MURDOCH COMMIT SUICIDE?

21. SHOULD THE TITANIC'S WATERTIGHT DOORS HAVE REMAINED OPEN?

22. THE BAND'S FINAL SONG The Complete Repertoire of the Titanic Orchestra

23. THE RIDDLE OF CAPTAIN SMITH'S DEATH AND LAST WORDS

24. WAS THE TITANIC REALLY THE OLYMPIC?

25. WERE THE TITANIC'S RIVETS FATALLY FLAWED?

26. THE WRECK OF THE TITAN: A Complete Reprinting of the 1898 Novella That Seems to Have Predicted the Titanic Disaster

PART IV DISCOVERING THE TOMB OF THE TITANIC: DR. BALLARD'S EPIC TRIUMPH

27. THE QUEST OF THE CENTURY: Dr. Robert Ballard's Discovery of the Wreck of the Titanic

Five Little-Known Facts About Robert Ballards's Discovery of the Titanic

28. RMS TITANIC'S "BIG PIECE" DEBACLE

29. DR. ROBERT BALLARD vs. GEORGE TULLOCH: Titanic Differences

30. THE R.M.S. TITANIC INTERNATIONAL MARITIME MEMORIAL ACT OF 1985

PART V TITANIC 1997: FROM MEXICO TO BROADWAY

31. THE STORY OF TITANIC: James Cameron's Quest to Make the Ultimate Titanic Movie

Titanic: The Lost Scenes

Titanic Blunders

Titanic: Music From the Motion Picture Film Industry Awards and Nominations for Titanic

32. A FIRST-CLASS CAST

In Their Own Words: Cameron, DiCaprio, Winslet, and Zane Talk About Titanic

Titanic Cast and Credits

33. RETURNING TO TITANIC: Bringing the Past to Life With State-of-the-Art Special Effects

34. THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MOVIE OF ALL TIME?: A Titanic Balance Sheet

Variety Looks at Titanic's Impact on the 1912 Movie Box Office

35. TITANIC: A NEW MUSICAL

PART VI THE IMMORTAL TITANIC SAGA: THE LEGEND LIVES ON

The Rarest Titanic Collectible in Existence?

Titanic Resurrection?

EPILOGUE August 1998: The "Big Piece" Triumph and "Titanic Live"

APPENDIX A: Titanic Resources

APPENDIX B: Titanic's Cargo Manifest

Photo Acknowledgments