The story now grown into morality tale everyone knows about the great ship being sunk by arrogance, greed, incompetence, and reckless speed is wrong, says Cox (literature, U. of California-San Diego), or at least debatable. He looks at the decisions and choices made from the building of the ship and its navigation, to the last-minute decision by the captain. He includes quite a bit of eyewitness testimony. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)