e of the best books I have everread. March 27, 1912My father and I have decided to take our wives to England in order to come homeon the most luxurious liner ever to sail the seas, The Titanic. We are sailing first class. My gradfather became rich out in Montana after traveling there in late 1875. He startedan extremely successful cattle company, which is still run by the family. June 1, 1912The whole world has by now heard of the great disaster of the Titanic. It struck anIceberg on the night of April 14, 1912. There were many lives lost, the likes of which Ihope I never see again. I lost my parents. My wife was on one of the first few lifeboats. Mot mother was offered a seat on that boat, which she refused to be with father.December 20, 1912Well the Republicans are finally out of office. Last month Woodrow Wilson waselected President by an extremely wide margin in both the electoral college and thepopular vote. Also the Democrats are already controlling the Senate and House ofRepresentitives. I am looking forward in great anticipation to the inauguration ofPresident Elect Wilson.January 16, 1914I have just recently purchased one of Henry Fords new Model T automobiles. They are incredible. He found a way to mass produce these automobiles which will makethem cheap and affordable. It is a new way to spend my leisure. Life seems to have muchmore freedom now. The automobile is no longer a luxery but an necessity. August 13, 1914After a time of peace, there is once again war in Europe. After the death of FranzFerdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, Austria, along with Germany, declared war onSerbia. Russia pledged to help Serbia and France pledged to help Russia. Most of theother countries in Europe sided with the Allies, France and Russia, and The OttomanEmpire and Bulgaria sided withe The Central Powers, Germany and Austria. GreatBritain was brought into the war with the German invasion of Belgium. The Britainsclaim th...
