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Lee Gilliland

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I can answer questions about the RMS Titanic, her sinking, passengers, etc.

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Late of the Titanic-Titanic, Encyclopedia Titanica and Titanic.com, co-owner of TEAMTitanic and Teen Titanic message boards and forums, as well as webmaster for http://www.alexisgilliland.org/tit1.html (site of some Titanic Cartoons)

Organizations

British Titanic Society, Titanic Historical Society
, Titanic International Society

Publications

WSFA Journal

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  • Knowledgeability 9.92
  • Clarity of Response 10.00
  • Politeness 10.00
  • Response Time(hr) 20.7
  • Response Time(hr, last 90 days) 895.6
  • Number of Questions Today 0
  • Max Questions to be Asked in a Day 5
  • Total Questions (since joining AllExperts) 170
  • Volunteer Since 2003-09-29
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Recent Answers from Lee Gilliland

2009-12-13 American History:

Wow, interesting question.  The problem is, my expertise is the Titanic, which was a British ship, so I'm not really up on Yank history.  The best I can do is, if I remember correctly, both were elected

2009-10-16 Titanic Survivors:

I have been looking for two days in my library and online and have not been able to find a single picture of him.  Perhaps you could ask on Encyclopedia Titanica ( http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/)

2008-09-30 history book:

OK, there's A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn for the general history, The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Government by Mary M. Shaffrey and Melanie Fonder for

2008-09-02 Titanic:

No one know precisely how Captain Smith actually died, although stories about it abound. One version had him rescuing a baby and swimming out to a lifeboat (unlikely, the child would have been long dead

2008-08-19 The Titanic:

There was a Thomas Ryan on the Titanic with the Victualling department.  He was listed as a steward.  How he died is unknown, and although there were people shot that night, almost all were recorded as

 

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