William Thomas Stead was een Engelse krantenredacteur die, als pionier van de onderzoeksjournalistiek, een controversiële figuur van het Victoriaanse tijdperk werd. Zijn 'nieuwe journalistiek' effende het pad voor de moderne tabloid in Groot-Brittannië, en hij stond bekend om zijn berichtgeving over kinderwelzijn, sociale wetgeving en de hervorming van de Engelse strafwetten. Stead demonstreerde hoe de pers kon worden gebruikt om de publieke opinie en het overheidsbeleid te beïnvloeden, en pleitte voor 'regering door journalistiek'. Zijn werk inspireerde velen om de machtsverhoudingen tussen pers en samenleving te onderzoeken.
Witnessing the harrowing moments of the Titanic's sinking, W. T. Stead captures the chaos and despair of that fateful night. His vivid account offers a firsthand perspective on the tragedy, detailing the emotional turmoil and the desperate struggle for survival as passengers faced the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Through Stead's eyes, readers experience the profound loss and the haunting atmosphere of one of history's most infamous maritime disasters.
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During the last few years I have been urged by people in all parts of the world to re-issue some of the wonderful stories of genuine psychic experiences collected by my Father several years ago. These stories were published by him in two volumes in 1891-92; the first, entitled Real Ghost Stories, created so much interest and brought in so large a number of other stories of genuine experiences that the first volume was soon followed by a second, entitled More Ghost Stories. The contents of the two volumes, slightly curtailed, were, a few years later, brought out as one book; but the three volumes have long been out of print and are practically unknown to the present generation. "Ghost," according to the dictionary, means "the soul of man; the soul of a deceased person; the soul or spirit separate from the body; apparition, spectre, shadow" -it comprises, in fact, all we mean when we think or speak of "Spirit." We still say "The Holy Ghost" as naturally and as reverently as we say "The Holy Spirit." So for the sake of the word itself, and because it covers everything we speak of as Spirit to-day; these two considerations take away all reason why the word should not be used, and it gives me great pleasure in re-issuing these stories to carry on the title originally chosen by my Father.