Admiration Won: The Life + the Mythology of Major Archibald Butt

Admiration Won: The Life + the Mythology of Major Archibald Butt

Buy Unsinkable merch, finally! Shirts + sweatshirts on sale here: https://www.bonfire.com/unsinkable-the-first-t-shirt/ *Support the pod, wear the pod, and help keep Unsinkable ad-free and independent! Today I post an episode long in the making. This is an examination of the complex and rich life of Major Archibald Butt, highly mythologized Titanic First Class victim who served as military aide to TWO U.S. Presidents and wooed all of Washington, D.C., it seems, with charm and grace. He...

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The Archibald Gracies: A Bizarrely Complex American Legacy (Part Two)

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The Archibald Gracies: A Bizarrely Complex American Legacy (Part One)

The Archibald Gracies: A Bizarrely Complex American Legacy (Part One)

The Gracie family, starting with its original Scottish immigrant Archibald, built a shipping empire in 18th and 19th century America--New York to Alabama--that profoundly shaped economic development. ...

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From Iconic Ship to Iconic Ship: Author Richard Stone on Project Mayflower and its Titanic Connections

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