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BEHE**, GEORGE: : Titanic - PSYCHIC FOREWARNINGS OF A TRAGEDY

UK.WELLINGBOROUGH,NORTHANTS,1988.

ISBN 1852600888.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp. FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour wrap-around artwork [specially commissioned painting] by Ken Marschall illustrated dw/dj; with negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - but with a laminate wrinkle/crease the length of the upper wrap's edge towards the spine/backstrip (a production fault?).Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright, unblemished,plain black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,5-176pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents list/ table,Edward S.Kamuda (founder,General Secretary of Titanic Historical Society Inc.) foreword; prologue,introduction,Pts 1-5,24pp b/w contemporary photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,discussion+conclusion,references, acknowledgements,further reading and an index. For over 75 years,the loss of the Titanic has captured the popular imagination,and one of the most intriguing aspects is the number of people who claimed to have received a psychic portent of the tragedy. Many heeded the warnings and were saved. But others went ahead in spite of their serious misgivings and so were lost with the ship. George Behe here investigates 135 fascinating cases which claimed to have a pyschic element.On closer scrutiny he has found that some seem to be mere coincidence,while others are genuine mistakes or deliberate hoaxes.Many accounts do indeed have a possible psychic connection,but lack some vital piece of evidence to prove the case conclusively either way.Most baffling of all are those incidents which cannot be explained away purely in rational terms,and which do indeed seem to be examples of genuine paranormal phenomena.After careful study, some curious events are revealed that have no apparent origin in normal human experience.With fifty photographs,many published here for the first time, this book provides an unusual perspective on the story of the Titanic which every open-minded reader will find engrossing. George Behe has been fascinated by the Titanic story since he was a small boy, when his grandmother told him about it - she lost two relatives in the disaster.He is a member of the Titanic Historical Society and spends most of his spare time undertaking further research into the ship and its passengers.He is fortunate in counting several Titanic survivors among his friends. As the Titanic sailed majestically out of Southampton on the first leg of her maiden voyage on 10 April 1912,she was heralded as 'practically unsinkable'.Four nights later she brushed an iceberg in the middle of the Atlantic and took Captain Smith and 1,500 of his passengers and crew to their deaths in the freezing water.Since that tragic night,reports have come to light of people who,by word or deed,seemingly exhibited foreknowledge of the Titanic disaster.Amongst those who perished was the famous spiritualist W.T.Stead and many paranormal phenomena were reported which coincided with his death.But people from all walks of life - crew,eminent passengers,even the Captain - were involved in some way with apparently psychic occurences.This dispassionate critique looks at 135 carefully documented instances of psychic activity,the unlikely,the possible and the inexplicable,giving a new slant to an endlessly fascinating episode of history. Please contact seller,because of the light weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.
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