FOR RELEASE: July
27, 2012
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina
Logue, 615-898-5081
McCash explains
true-life ‘Titanic’ romance on ‘MTSU On the Record’
MURFREESBORO — Dr.
June Hall McCash will talk about her book, “A Titanic Love Story: Ida and
Isodor Straus,” on the next edition of “MTSU On the Record” with host Gina
Logue at 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 30, and 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, on WMOT-FM (89.5
and wmot.org).
McCash, founding director of the MTSU University Honors
Program and former chair and now professor emerita of the Department of Foreign
Languages and Literatures, tells the true story of the German Jewish immigrants
who died aboard the RMS Titanic in 1912.
The Strauses rose from poverty to own Macy’s Department
Store in New York and become renowned philanthropists. After the Titanic struck
an iceberg, Isodor refused to enter a lifeboat so that women and children could
go first. Ida refused to enter the lifeboat, too, saying she would rather die
with her husband than live without him.
To listen to previous “MTSU On the Record” programs, go to www.mtsunews.com and click on “more”
under the “Audio Clips” category.
For more information about “MTSU On the Record,” contact
Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.
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