My name is Jack Stanley, I have studied history for many years. This blog is about history in a more raw view, not over done. I often use original materials to bring a historic event or story to life or an interview I may have done with the person mentioned. If you cook a vegetable too long it loses much. The same can be said of many histories. They are the history of the history written before it. Over done history. THIS IS HISTORY IN THE RAW. Comments send to phonograph78@hotmail.com
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
How a sprained ankle changed the course of history
Few know that Henry Clay Frick and his wife were to join the RMS Titanic in April 1912. However Mrs.Frick sprained her ankle while traveling on the RMS Adriatic and they canceled their voyage on the Titanic. That amazing happenstance changed everything. For had they joined the ship it is most probable that Henry Clay Frick would have been lost. If that was so there would be no Frick Museum in New York City. So in this case a sprained ankle, changed the course of history, and saved for the world a great resource that has enhanced and changed the world.