商品簡介
"One foggy night in May of 1914, two ships collided on the St. Lawrence River. The Empress of Ireland, with 1,477 souls aboard, sank in less than 15 minutes. An estimated 1,012 people perished. This souvenir catalogue leads you through the atmosphere of celebration following the departure from Quebec City, the confused encounter in the fog, the fateful collision with the collier and the desperate rush to escape the sinking vessel. Artifacts from this once-splendid ocean liner and historical photos help bring to life stories of loss and rescue, despair and bravery that were all part of the greatest maritime disaster in Canadian history."
作者簡介
John Willis is curator of economic and environmental history at the Canadian Museum of History. He joined the Museum in 1991 and has curated or co-curated several exhibitions, both physical (Canada's Titanic: The Empress of Ireland, Once in French America and Signed Sealed, and Delivered) and virtual (Before E-commerce: A History of Canadian Mail-order Catalogues and Chris Bennedsen - Scrapbook of a Life in Letters). He is co-author of Country Post, a study on the rural postal service in Canada.