The Sinking of the Titanic and Incredible Great Sea Disasters is an interesting collection of direct stories describing the disaster of Titanic's initial trip as told by its survivors shortly after the ship sank. Firstly, written and published in 1912, Logan Marshall's book was the first attempt to resolve the mystery of the tragic accident and calm the heartache that it caused globally. In his book, Marshall portrays the individual stories of Titanic travelers before, during, and after the sinking of the cursed ship. He also included the records of past incredible great disasters of the ocean, descriptions of the improvement of security and life-saving appliances, and a plain statement of the reasons for such disasters and how to keep away from them. This book takes all of us back to understanding the emotions of our ancestors from a comfortable distance. Listening to the feelings and expressions of real travelers who tell their own stories.
Logan Marshall was born in November 1883 and died in November 1936. He was an American author and editor, renowned for writing about true events. Howard-Smith went to the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1905. Upon graduation, he started working as an assistant editor at The John C. Winston Company, a publishing firm. Winston was later received by Henry Holt and turned out to be part of Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. At Winston, Howard-Smith both wrote and edited a wide number of books, mostly under the pen name of Logan Marshall. Thus, Howard-Smith has been described as a (hack), and his language is criticized as strained, unnecessary, or melodramatic. Howard-Smith's (as Logan Marshall's) The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters have achieved a lot of fame because of being widely available and keep on being referred to and cited in bibliographies about the tragedy.