World War I started sometime 1914 and ended in 1918 when the Treaty of Versailles was signed. There were German U-boats patrolling all around the Atlantic Ocean during the war. The ship that is unfortunately caught in this patrol was the RMS Lusitania. John Joseph Protasio, from Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and currently resides in Ohio, earned a Bachelor’s of Art in History at Lycoming College, and a Master’s of Art in History at Arkansas State University. He also wrote To the Bottom of the Sea, a survey of maritime disasters, and two others: “On a Cold April Night, a tale about the Titanic disaster, and Reflections on the Lusitania, a book focusing more on the disaster of the Lusitania itself.”(http://www.goodreads.com/) His work has appeared
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Lusitania is similar to the Titanic in that they are both very popular and have 4 smoke stacks. Sadly, they both have sunk in the middle of a transatlantic voyage. However, the Lusitania’s tragedy was less popular than the Titanic. In the eyes of certain readers, the less popular it is, the more interesting the story. The Lusitania’s tragedy took place in World War I, which makes it even more interesting to people who are interested in reading about the World Wars and famous maritime disasters. It was a Saturday morning on May 1, 1915 when advertisements about a ship from Cunard called the Lusitania rolls out on newspapers for the people of New York to see. From the ad, the Lusitania is the fastest and largest steamer and is available for service to sail to Liverpool, England across the Atlantic Ocean. There was also a warning from the Imperial German Embassy that Great Britain and Germany are still in a state of war and that any ships with the British Flag in the waters adjacent to the British Isles are …show more content…
President Wilson granted the pardon a short time before the voyage on the Lusitania. The reason he is going on the ship is to go to Germany to see the havoc unleashed by the Kaiser, WIlhelm II. At one point, Hubbard said that he took some satisfaction in courting death by way of a German submarine. Jestus Forman, a 41-year-old writer, boarded the Lusitania to report the war in France. Charles Klein, a successful playwright, was boarding the ship in order to introduce Jestus Forman to theater people in London. The 54-year-old internationally respected producer Charles Frohman was going to visit Marlow, a quiet town outside of London. Fast forward a couple of days and the Lusitania has traveled around 1,469 nautical miles. Meanwhile Vanderbilt is sitting around in his cabin moping about possible gossip about himself. Frohman was busy studying new plays and eating desserts in his cabin. Elbert Hubbard was out and about with his wife Alice Moore Hubbard. On Tuesday, May 4, Lusitania’s crew conducted a life boat drill with only one boat. The passengers saw how pitiful the drill was and asked Captain WIlliam Turner to have everyone participate since the German Embassy warned them about the submarines. He then brags about how
Lusitania is similar to the Titanic in that they are both very popular and have 4 smoke stacks. Sadly, they both have sunk in the middle of a transatlantic voyage. However, the Lusitania’s tragedy was less popular than the Titanic. In the eyes of certain readers, the less popular it is, the more interesting the story. The Lusitania’s tragedy took place in World War I, which makes it even more interesting to people who are interested in reading about the World Wars and famous maritime disasters. It was a Saturday morning on May 1, 1915 when advertisements about a ship from Cunard called the Lusitania rolls out on newspapers for the people of New York to see. From the ad, the Lusitania is the fastest and largest steamer and is available for service to sail to Liverpool, England across the Atlantic Ocean. There was also a warning from the Imperial German Embassy that Great Britain and Germany are still in a state of war and that any ships with the British Flag in the waters adjacent to the British Isles are …show more content…
President Wilson granted the pardon a short time before the voyage on the Lusitania. The reason he is going on the ship is to go to Germany to see the havoc unleashed by the Kaiser, WIlhelm II. At one point, Hubbard said that he took some satisfaction in courting death by way of a German submarine. Jestus Forman, a 41-year-old writer, boarded the Lusitania to report the war in France. Charles Klein, a successful playwright, was boarding the ship in order to introduce Jestus Forman to theater people in London. The 54-year-old internationally respected producer Charles Frohman was going to visit Marlow, a quiet town outside of London. Fast forward a couple of days and the Lusitania has traveled around 1,469 nautical miles. Meanwhile Vanderbilt is sitting around in his cabin moping about possible gossip about himself. Frohman was busy studying new plays and eating desserts in his cabin. Elbert Hubbard was out and about with his wife Alice Moore Hubbard. On Tuesday, May 4, Lusitania’s crew conducted a life boat drill with only one boat. The passengers saw how pitiful the drill was and asked Captain WIlliam Turner to have everyone participate since the German Embassy warned them about the submarines. He then brags about how