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Transatlantic passenger travel burgeoned in the mid-1860s. Much of
this was the result of the westward expansion to the Great Plains and
beyond, which in turn prompted the United States government to offer
almost unlimited freedom to immigrate to America. In order to escape war,
poverty and religious persecution, well over one million immigrants were
entering the United States every year from European countries.
The only practical way to cross the North Atlantic in the late 19th
and early 20th Centuries, before the invention of the airplane, was to
travel by steamship. There were few considerations a passenger had to
make in deciding which ship to take: cost, speed or luxury, (or a
combination of all three).
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 Rocklin Press is proud to present two best-selling books that tell the entire Titanic story. If
you are new to the Titanic story or even if you have studied it for years, you will find these books enlightening, comprehensive and very easy to follow.
To read more about this fascinating story about
Titanic, click on the icons for 1912 Facts About Titanic, a comprehensive and
chronological history of the Titanic story from the decision to build the ship to the
discovery of the wreckage. For information about the 2,208 people who were on the ill-fated
ship, click on the icon for Titanic Names.
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