Episode 196: Voyage on the Great Titanic (Dear America)
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Voyage on the Great Titanic (Dear America)
Episode 196 will make you feel almost as many feels as the blockbuster film Titanic did… and not only because it’s about a book that covers the same historical territory. In it, Alli and her guest discuss one of the most popular installments in the Dear America series: Ellen Emerson White’s Voyage on the Great Titanic. In spite of the heavy subject matter, the conversation is still a fun one that touches on why young bookworms manage to get away with reading spicy content, global interest in the Titanic, the challenges inherent in building tension in a book with an ending everyone already knows, class, maritime vocabulary, Kate and Leo, survivor’s guilt, privilege, and so much more.
Kelsey McKinney is a co-founder and owner of Defector Media, author of the novel God Spare the Girls, and host of Normal Gossip. Follow her on Instagram (@mckinneykelsey) and Twitter (@mckinneykelsey).
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MORE READING:
“Voyage on the Great Titanic” (Dear America Wiki)
“Dear America: Voyage on the Great Titanic” (Portland Book Review, 2011)
“We Will Go Down With This Ship! Dear America: Voyage on the Great Titanic” (American Girls Podcast)
“Why Are We Still So Fascinated by the Titanic?” (Reader’s Digest, 2021)
“14 Reasons the Titanic Still Fascinates Us” (Mom.com, 2018)
“Why the Titanic Still Fascinates Us” (Smithsonian Magazine, 2012)
“12 Dear America Books We Loved As Kids” (Bustle, 2016)
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