Down With The Old Canoe
There's something evocative about the story of the Titanic sub. It probably owes a lot to the Titanic myth itself, which is reflected in the title of the book Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster by Steven Biel (1997), which according to this review , ". . . seared itself into American memory not because it was timeless but because it was timely". . . . Groups on all sides of the volatile issues of gender, class, religion, and race all found in the Titanic lessons and judgements to bolster their causes. The much smaller Titanic sub disaster is having the same effect. Biel's title, by the way, is taken from a 1938 country song by the Dixon Brothers: The lyrics conclude, Your Titanic sails today, on Life's Sea you're far away For Jesus Christ can take you safely through Just obey his great command, over there you'll safely land You'll never go down with that old canoe Sailing out out to win her f...