Great Lakes: Shipwrecks & Survivals
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.45 (811 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802870104 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 386 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
His father went on the Lakes at age twelve andworked up to steamboat engineer, with fresh- and salt-waterlicenses. The author himself once acted as dockmaster for aseason at his home port of Charlevoix.. (1910–1984) Six generations of WilliamRatigan's family have lived in Michigan, a fact thathas inspired his novels and biographies of the Great Lakesregion
About the Author(1910–1984) Six generations of WilliamRatigan's family have lived in Michigan, a fact thathas inspired his novels and biographies of the Great Lakesregion. His father went on the Lakes at age twelve andworked up to steamboat engineer, with fresh- and salt-waterlicenses. The author himself once acted as dockmaster for aseason at his home port of Charlevoix.
In this breathtaking chronicle of the most spectacular shipwrecks and survivals on the Great Lakes, William Ratigan re-creates vivid scenes of high courage and screaming panic from which no reader can turn away.Included in this striking catalog of catastrophes and Flying Dutchmen are the magnificent excursion liner Eastland, which capsized at her pier in the Chicago River, drowning 835 people within clutching distance of busy downtown streets; the shipwrecked steel freighter Mataafa, which dumped its crew into freezing waters while the snowbound town of Duluth looked on; the dark Sunday in November 1913 when Lake Huron swallowed eight long ships without a man surviving to tell the tale; and the bitter November of 1958 when the Bradley went down in Lake Michigan during one of the greatest killer storms on the freshwater seas. Sailors, historians, and general readers alike will be swept away by these unforgettable tales of tragedy and heroism.. An entire section is dedicated to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald -- the most famous maritime loss in modern times -- in Lake Superior in 1975.Chilling waterc
"My all time favorite book." according to Carlton Belcher. I first read this book thirty years ago on a trip to Michigan and have read it every few years since. It's gut wrenching accounts of these true great lakes shipwrecks will leave your heart pounding if you have ever been part of the maritime industry and place yourself in their situation's.. "Wonderful book!" according to F. Riley. This book has so inspired me to want to learn more about shipwrecks! It makes me want to build a library focused on this subject.. Five Stars interesting