Sheltering Angel Outtake ~ Andrew in New York

  With no other opportunities, Andrew continued working aboard RMS Campania and mustered the good manners to be genial to his passengers. A steward was butler, dustman, and whipping boy, but he dared not let on he minded the duties—he needed the job. For him, the ship had become nothing more than the illusion of…

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Titanic third-class steward Charles Savage

In my novel Sheltering Angel, you’ll meet intriguing minor characters based on actual people aboard the Titanic. One of them is third-class steward Charlie Savage. Charles James Savage was born December 31, 1888, in Brightlingsea on England’s east coast. His father, a mariner, wasn’t around much, but Charlie had plenty of company with three older siblings.…

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