Miscellaneous: Last Titanic Survivor Died Today

I note in passing that Elizabeth Gladys Dean, the last survivor of the Titanic, died today in England. She was nine months old when the ship went down. She was 97 years old. If you ever want to read a great book about the Titanic, try The Titanic: End of a Dream, by Wyn Craig Wade (1986 Penguin Paperback). Not only is it a fascinating, well-written account of the sinking, it's an excellent sketch of the politics of the day and it has a great deal to say about how the disaster affected things like congressional investigations.