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TITANIC A Religious Allegory, 1962

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Identifier: 2020.39.7340

Abstract

A religious tract by G.W. Pendleton about the TITANIC disaster, titled "Tragedy of the TITANIC/A Night to Remember/A Religious Allegory." Published 1962 by The Trumpet Press, Inc., which was owned by Pendleton. It begins with a lengthy and dramatic telling of the TITANIC disaster, before turning to interpretation of it. It is part warning about the unpredictability of life that required people to "get ready to leave this world and meet God a-mid the screaming, crying and yelling mob of two thousand persons" and part religious allegory. The iceberg is compared to "atheistic commuism," the passengers to "wealthy minded" Americans seeking only pleasure with no awareness of the dangers ahead." "There is a ship that is unsinkable," says one section. "She is the Ship of Zion." The booklet includes images from the 1958 TITANIC movie "A Night to Remember," including the cover shot. There are also drawings including one of a ship sailing past a whirlpool labeled "Godless Communism" and another of a lighthouse labeled "Positive Christian Hope."

Dates

  • Creation: 1962

Extent

1 item(s) : paper ; overall: 7 1/8 x 4 11/16 in.

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscripts Repository

Contact:
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
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Mystic CT 06355 United States
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