title: Titanic: Fortune and Fate : Letters, Mementos, and Personal Effects from Those Who Sailed on the Lost Ship
author: The Mariners' Museum
description: This small volume, companion to an exhibit put on by the Mariners' Museum of Newport News, Virginia, brings readers a little closer to understanding the lives of the passengers and crew of <i>Titanic</i>. The numerous photographs include not only portraits of people on board the ship, but snapshots of several artifacts--including <i>Titanic</i> postcards and passenger lists, as well as John Jacob Astor's gold cuff links and the medal given to the crew of the <i>Carpathia</i> for their rescue efforts.
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  **The Ghost Ship Mystery**
  
   **GERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER**
  
   **Illustrated by Charles Tang**
  
   **ALBERT WHITMAN & Company, Chicago**
  
   **Contents**
  
  CHAPTER
  
  1 All Aboard!
  
  2 A Fire at Sea
  
  3 Windows Rattle
  
  4 Go Away!
  
  5 A Parrot with a Secret
  
  6 A Mysterious Box
  
  7 A Stranger Disappears
  
  8 A Friend Disappears
  
  9 A Whale of a Time
  
  10 No More Secrets
  
  About the Author
  
   **CHAPTER 1**
  
   _ **All Aboard!**_
  
  Four shivering children stood next to a big black stove. They were all wrapped
  up in white towels.
  
  “I think my hat blew a-w-w-w-a-y,” six-year-old Benny Alden said through
  chattering teeth. “I hope it didn’t land in the ocean!”
  
  James Alden, the children’s grandfather, gave Benny a hug. “Not to worry,
  Benny. Mr. Pease got all our things from the car nice and dry. See?”
  
  Just then, a man with a jolly face stepped into the kitchen of the Black Dog
  Inn. He was carrying several suitcases and wearing a bright yellow rain
  slicker. On his head was Benny’s missin