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A Rare Titanic Family: How The Caldwells Survived The Sinking And Traveled The World (2012)

by Julie Hedgepeth Williams(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1588382826 (ISBN13: 9781588382825)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

NewSouth

review 1: "A Rare Titanic Family: how the Caldwells Survived the Sinking and Traveled the World," by Julie Hedgepeth Williams was a pretty average novel. I did not enjoy reading it very much. I just wish that the author found a way to make the story a little exciting. I know the story is nonfiction and really happened but a novel needs a little excitement in order to be interesting. That is I didn't enjoy it and neither did some of the other people that read this book. I really don't understand how the Caldwells "traveled the world," as said in the title. The only place the Caldwells traveled to was Siam, and that was before the sinking of the Titanic. Albert and Sylvia did not even remain married after the sinking of the Titanic so where had they traveled the world together after ... moreit? But, I did enjoy first-had accounts of what the Caldwells thought of the Titanic, I just wish there was more of that. Also, descriptions of the Carpathia were longer than the Titanic descriptions. I thought surviving the sinking of one of the most famous ships in that time would have affected Sylvia and Albert more. How they felt was not even mentioned! After the Caldwells got divorced and then remarried, the rest of the novel just spoke of Albert's new life. Here and there, Sylvia would be mentioned but it was mostly about Albert. I am really glad the author mentioned about the artifacts discovered after the sinking. That was definitely the most interesting part of the entire book. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in famous disasters. I think anyone over age thirteen would be eligible to read this book because some of the vocabulary is difficult and it is a pretty long novel
review 2: The book, " A Rare Titanic Family: The Caldwells Story of Survival", was not a very good read. When first looking at the book I thought it was going to be more about the Titanic, and how they survived the tragedy. Instead, the book was more about the Caldwell's life before and after the Titanic rather then when it occurs. Only a small portion of the book was about them on the Titanic. Most of it was about how Albert and Sylvia (the main characters) met in college and lived their life together until after the Titanic when they got divorced and led their lives separately. Although it was not what I thought it was going to be, there was some interesting information about their lives. Overall this book was a disappointment to me. less

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