Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 April 2012 13:12 On April 10, 1912
the RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England for New York
City. Four days in to crossing the North Atlantic, with 2,228
passengers and crew on board, the Titanic hit an iceberg and
sank 12,415 feet to the ocean floor. This year marks the 100th
anniversary for the maiden (and last) voyage of the glorious
vessel. The tragic event, with only 710 survivors, has spawned
countless fiction, nonfiction and even parody retellings. Here
are a few new titles, for all ages, available from your hometown
libraries on this amazing vessel and tale. The Band that Played
On: the Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down
With the Titanic by Steve Turner Call Number: 910.452 TU Adult
Nonfiction Collection The movies, the documentaries, the museum
exhibits. They often tell the same story about the "unsinkable"
Titanic, her wealthy passengers, the families torn apart, and
the unthinkable end. But never before has "that glorious
band"-the group of eight