March 1999

book review

Review: “Titanic Survivor” by Violet Jessop

Memoir, Nonfiction, Review / By /

Jessop, Violet. Titanic Survivor edited and annotated by John Maxtone-GrahamSheridan House, 1997Hardcover, 238 pagesISBN 1-57409-035-6 Violet Jessop went to sea as a stewardess on an ocean liner in 1908. She continued as a stewardess through the glory days when a transatlantic ship crossing was as much a society event as a mode of transportation. She retired […]

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“The James Joyce Murder” by Amanda Cross

Fiction, Review / By /

Cross, Amanda. The James Joyce Murder (1967)   Ballantine Books, 197 pages, $5.99 paperback   ISBN 0-345-34686-6 Spending the summer at a house in the Berkshires editing letters between James Joyce and his publisher promises to be a peaceful refuge from the city for Kate Fansler. Caring for her young nephew Leo is only a

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