The people named as victims of the sinking of the Titanic, the Newporters, are historically correct. There were, in truth, more of them that appears in this book. Many are buried in Newport"s historic cemeteries.
Everything about the Titanic body recovery and identification process is true as depicted, including the incident with the undertaker, Frank Newell. While the story and the horrors of the actual event are well known, little is ever spoken about, no movies extoll, the domino of horror that came after, that would haunt thousands of family members who had to find a way past the truth of the ravaging, unnecessary deaths of their loved ones. Please see the bibliography to delve deeper into this information.
Pearl"s legal status (or lack thereof), as she was informed by her family law
