Author: Steven Schwankert

The author discusses and signs copies of his recently released book "The Six: The Untold Story of the Titanic's Chinese Survivors" and explores how they survived against all odds.

About the Book (from the publisher):

When RMS Titanic sank on a cold night in 1912, barely 700 people escaped with their lives. Among them were six Chinese men. Arriving in New York, these six were met with suspicion and slander. Fewer than 24 hours later, they were expelled from the country and vanished.

When historian Steven Schwankert first stumbled across the fact that eight Chinese nationals were on board, of whom all but two survived, he couldn’t believe that there could still be untold personal histories from the Titanic.

Now, at last, their story can be told. This book is a moving exploration of the origins and fate of the little-known Chinese passengers aboard the Titanic—and how they survived against all odds.

About the Author: Steven Schwankert is an award-winning writer and editor. He is the co-creator of "The Six," a documentary film project about the Chinese passengers aboard RMS Titanic. He is the author of "Poseidon: China's Secret Salvage of Britain's Lost Submarine" and "Beijing & Shanghai," a guidebook now in its third edition. Steven is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a fellow and East and South Asia Chapter Chair of The Explorers Club, and founded SinoScuba. He led the first-ever scientific expedition to dive Mongolia's Lake Khovsgol, where he and his team found two wooden shipwrecks from the early 20th century. His writing has appeared in The Asian Wall Street Journal, The South China Morning Post, Billboard, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and more. He divides his time between New York City and the People's Republic of China.

Presented with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this programming do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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