Seven Minutes Late: A Story of the Titanic (Paperback) by Phyllis a Titus

9781512787856. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 108. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 108 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Phyllis Titus grew up hearing the story of a grandfather shed never met who booked passage on the Titanic and missed its departure by seven minutes. Shed always wondered how this happened, and what could possibly have kept him from boarding the ship. It was not until 1997, while attending the Memphis opening of Titanic-The Exhibition, that her questions were finally answered. Thats when she learned about the purpose for her grandfathers European trip, the mysterious woman he met while travelling across the Atlantic, their planned rendezvous at the Southampton Dock before returning to the States on Titanics maiden voyage, and the reason why he never made it aboard.