Daniel Allen Butler
Encyclopedia
Daniel Allen Butler is an American
author
and playwright
on historical topics, particularly maritime history. He is best known for his writings about the sinking of the Titanic. The Washington Times described him as a "steamship nut".
, Grand Valley State University
, and the University of Erlangen.
United States
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author
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
on historical topics, particularly maritime history. He is best known for his writings about the sinking of the Titanic. The Washington Times described him as a "steamship nut".
Education
Butler was educated at Hope CollegeHope College
Hope College is a medium-sized , private, residential liberal arts college located in downtown Holland, Michigan, a few miles from Lake Michigan. It was opened in 1851 as the Pioneer School by Dutch immigrants four years after the community was first settled...
, Grand Valley State University
Grand Valley State University
Grand Valley State University is a public liberal arts university located in Allendale, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1960, and its main campus is situated on approximately west of Grand Rapids...
, and the University of Erlangen.
Publications
- Unsinkable: The Full Story of RMS Titanic. Stackpole BooksStackpole BooksStackpole Books is an independent trade publishing company in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. It was founded by E. J. Stackpole Jr. in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1930 and was moved to its current headquarters in 1993. Stackpole publishes nonfiction books in the areas of crafts, outdoors, regional...
, 1998, ISBN 081171814X ISBN 9780811718141. The book was a New York Times bestseller, and was described by the Washington Post as "the best narrative" of the Titanic story - The Lusitania: the life, loss, and legacy of an ocean legend. Stackpole BooksStackpole BooksStackpole Books is an independent trade publishing company in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. It was founded by E. J. Stackpole Jr. in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1930 and was moved to its current headquarters in 1993. Stackpole publishes nonfiction books in the areas of crafts, outdoors, regional...
, 2000, ISBN 0811709892 ISBN 9780811709897 - Warrior queens: the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth in World War II. Stackpole BooksStackpole BooksStackpole Books is an independent trade publishing company in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. It was founded by E. J. Stackpole Jr. in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1930 and was moved to its current headquarters in 1993. Stackpole publishes nonfiction books in the areas of crafts, outdoors, regional...
, 2002, ISBN 0811716457 ISBN 9780811716451 - The age of Cunard: a transatlantic history 1839-2003. Lighthouse Press, 2003, ISBN 1577853482 ISBN 9781577853480
- Distant victory: the Battle of Jutland and the Allied triumph in the First World War. Praeger Security International, 2006, ISBN 0275990737 ISBN 9780275990732
- The first Jihad: the battle for Khartoum, and the dawn of militant Islam. CasemateCasemateA casemate, sometimes rendered casement, is a fortified gun emplacement or armored structure from which guns are fired. originally a vaulted chamber in a fortress.-Origin of the term:...
, 2007, ISBN 9781932033540 ISBN 1932033548 - The other side of the night: the Carpathia, the Californian and the night the Titanic was lost. CasemateCasemateA casemate, sometimes rendered casement, is a fortified gun emplacement or armored structure from which guns are fired. originally a vaulted chamber in a fortress.-Origin of the term:...
, 2009, ISBN 9781935149026 ISBN 1935149024
- The burden of guilt: how Germany shattered the last days of peace, August 1914. CasemateCasemateA casemate, sometimes rendered casement, is a fortified gun emplacement or armored structure from which guns are fired. originally a vaulted chamber in a fortress.-Origin of the term:...
, 2010, ISBN 9781935149279 ISBN 193514927X - A stage play based on his book The Other Side of the Night, White Thistle Press, 2008.
- A stage play, Roses in Her Cell, based on the last days of the life of English nurse Edith CavellEdith CavellEdith Louisa Cavell was a British nurse and spy. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from all sides without distinction and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, for which she was arrested...
, White Thistle Press, 2009.