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First - I read this book when I was a teenager. It was in my high school library in New Jersey. Until that time I had no idea about this subject, but I loved history. I searched for books that had original photographs about the Titanic, and found them.
As an adult I also found the original 1958 Black and White film - 'A Night To Remember'. After reading the book, and seeing the film that was made from the book - when I saw the Hollywood romantic epic 'Titanic', I wasn't impressed. But at least some authentic history was introduced to present generations.
- Alexander Bell Filson Young (1876–1938) was a journalist, who published the first book about the sinking of the RMS Titanic, called Titanic, in 1912 only 37 days after the sinking. He was also an essayist, war correspondent in the Boer War and World War I, a programmes advisor to the BBC, and the author of two novels. Beside his literary work, he was an organist and composer, and a pioneer of motoring and aviation.
Alexander Bell Filson Young was born in Ireland in 1876, at Ballyeaston, County Antrim. He was the son of the Revd. William Young and Sarah Young (née Filson).
- In 1911 Young visited Belfast to see the RMS Titanic under construction; and when it sank in 1912 his book about the disaster appeared little over a month afterwards. -wikipedia