Table of Contents In this book you will read about the RMS Titanic’s sinking from three perspectives Each perspective is based on real things that happened to real people who were aboard the ship As you’ll see the same event can look different depending on one’s point of view Chapter 1 4 Mrs Rhoda Abbott Third Class Passenger Chapter 2 18 Eva Hart Second Class Passenger Chapter 3 32 Mr Jacob Astor Property and Real Estate Developer First Class Passenger Timeline 44 Look Look Again 46 Glossary 47 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48 3
1 4 Mrs Rhoda Abbott Third Class Passenger I was born and raised in England you see I did not move to the United States until I was a young woman I married a man from London and we started our life in Providence Rhode Island but it never felt like home When my life grew difficult I grew homesick and decided to sail home and live with my widowed mother I needed comfort and security I tell you all this so that you will
know I understand homesickness truly I do And that is why I made the most terrible decision of my life My marriage ended in Think about It Determine the main point of the first paragraph and pick out one piece of evidence that supports it 1911 Stanton was a good man in the beginning Oh and what charisma he had He was a champion too He was the United States middleweight boxing champion What strength what energy he had Our boys Rossmore and Eugene were the joys of our life together But we couldn’t make it work In the end we both decided to separate It’s hard for a woman to make it on her own and I had my boys to consider Oh And I was so homesick My father had died and my mother needed company It made the most sense for everyone for me to return home to England At first it seemed as though we would thrive I became a seamstress and Rossmore learned boot 5
