What Was the Titanic, by Stephanie Sabol & Gregory Copeland

Near, far, wherever it is in history, the story of the Titanic will always go on. People have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic for over 100 years. Young readers can find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later.

At 2:20 AM on April 15, 1912, the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic, the largest passenger steamship of this time, met its unfortunate end after crashing into an iceberg. Of the 2,240 passengers and crew onboard, only 705 survived. Over 100 years later, today's readers can get swept up in the mystery that surrounds the ship that was originally labeled unsinkable.

Chapters include:

- The Age of Steam
- Building the Titanic
- Fitting Out the Ship
- Stuff and More Stuff
- Life aboard the Ship
- Warnings
- Iceberg!
- Abandon Ship!
- Rescue
- The Lost
- Discovery
- What If?

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