Erik Larson deftly weaves accounts of glamorous first-class passengers such as Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt with compelling images of middle-class families and of the ship's crew. Whose personal story resonated the most with you?
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I liked Theodate Pope. A short woman with blond hair, a blunt chin and vivid blue eyes. She was independent and did not want the life of high society which certainly could have been hers. She was one of the first feminists. She was friends with William and Henry James and Mary Cassatt. She was an architect, amazing for a woman. Also was interested in the paranormal phenomena. She was an interesting woman.
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While learning about the different passengers on the ship was intriguing, the story that resonated the most with me was that of Edith and Woodrow Wilson. To learn something of their courtship and personal lives was telling me something I knew nothing about.
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The best part of this book to me was the personal stories that Larson creates to humanize this event. It helped me to "feel" the sinking more when many of the characters died in the sinking. The character who resonated the most with me was Charles Lauriat and of course his dedication and love for books!
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With so many to choose from, this is a difficult question to answer. I, too, was fascinated by the Woodrow Wilson/Edith Galt romance and subsequent marriage. But then I would also have to agree that Lauriat and Theodate Pope were quite interesting characters that I enjoyed reading about. Capt. Turner's personality was an important key to the overall story and I'm glad he was absolved of all blame for the sinking of the ship.
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