FORECAST THE TITANIC DISASTER! 1912 THE WRECK OF THE TITAN MORGAN ROBINSON Rare

Description: You're looking at: The Wreck Of The Titan Or, Futility byMorgan Robertson --- a Hardcover from McClure's Magazine and Metropolitan Magazine. Dated 1912. 243 pgs. It says "autograph edition" on the binding but I do not see a signature. Previous owner's stamp inside front cover. Cracks at hinge. Stains, including damp stains/water stains, to cover and pages, though it doesn't appear to affect reading of text. However, the stains are present throughout the book.. Heavy wear, commensurate with age. Old books come with wear commensurate to age, including, potentially, age stains, chipping, rubbing, edge wear, dings, fraying, stray marks, minor old book odor, and the like. What you see is what you get :) About the book:Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan is an 1898 novella written by Morgan Robertson. The story features the ocean liner Titan, which sinks in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. The Titan and its sinking have been noted to be very similar to the real-life passenger ship RMS Titanic, which sank fourteen years later. Following the wreck the novel was reissued with some changes, particularly in the ship's gross tonnage. The first half of Futility introduces the hero, John Rowland. Rowland is a disgraced former US Navy officer, who is now an alcoholic and has fallen to the lowest levels of society. Dismissed from the Navy, he is working as a deckhand on the Titan. On an April night the ship hits the iceberg, sinking somewhat before the halfway point of the novel. The second half follows Rowland, as he saves the young daughter of a former lover by jumping onto the iceberg with her. and finds a lifeboat washed up on the iceberg, he is eventually rescued by a passing ship, overcomes his addiction and, over several years, works his way up to a lucrative Government job restoring his former income and position in society. In the closing lines of the story he receives a message from his former lover, pleading for him to visit her and her daughter.Although the novel was written before the RMS Titanic was even conceptualized, there are some uncanny similarities between both the fictional and real-life versions. Like the Titanic, the fictional ship sank in April in the North Atlantic, and there were not enough lifeboats for the passengers. There are also similarities between the size (800 ft (244 m) long for Titan versus 882 ft 9 in (269 m) long for the Titanic), speed (25 knots for Titan, 22.5 knots for Titanic) and life-saving equipment. Beyond the name, the similarities between the Titanic and the fictional Titan include: Both were triple screw (propeller) Described as "unsinkable" The Titan was the largest craft afloat and the greatest of the works of men (800 feet, displacing 75,000 tons, up from 45,000 in the 1898 edition), and was deemed "practically unsinkable" (as quoted in Robertson's book). Shortage of lifeboats: The Titanic carried only 16 lifeboats, plus 4 Engelhardt folding lifeboats, less than half the number required for her passenger and crew capacity of 3000.The Titan carried "as few as the law allowed", 24 lifeboats, which could carry less than half of her total complement of 3000.Struck an icebergMoving at 22½ knots, the Titanic struck an iceberg on the starboard side on the night of April 14, 1912, in the North Atlantic, 400 nautical miles (740 km; 460 mi) away from Newfoundland. Moving at 25 knots, The Titan also struck an iceberg on the starboard side on an April night in the North Atlantic, 400 nautical miles (740 km; 460 mi) from Newfoundland (Terranova). Sinking: The Titanic sank, and more than half of her 2200 passengers and crew died. The Titan also sank, and more than half of her 2500 passengers drowned.

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