At 2:00 A.M. on October 24, 1918, the Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Sophia, enroute from Skagway, Alaska to Vancouver and Victoria, ran aground on Vanderbilt Reef, leaving no survivors among 353 miners, businessmen, civil servants, their wives and children, as well as crew members. This social history traces many of their stories--how they had gone to the north, what they did there, why they were leaving that fall.

"The Princess Sophia" is a novel by E.F. Benson set in the fictional principality of Rhodopé, situated on the Albanian coast. It tells the story of Prince Leonard and his family, including his daughter Sophia, who is the focus of the novel. The story begins with the political situation of Rhodopé during the Græco-Turkish War of 1897 and the offers made to Prince Leonard by both sides. The book follows the relationships and intrigues within the royal family, as well as the political and social life of the principality.

When Princess Sophia swallows a seed that causes her to lose the ability to walk and talk, her family prays for a cure until they realize she is still the same person inside.

Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer and short story writer best known for his Mapp and Lucia series, social satires written relatively late in his career which are set in the fictional town of Tilling based on Rye in East Sussex where Benson lived for many years and served as mayor from 1934. This novel was first published in 1900.

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Princess Sophia must learn how to deal with feeling scared.