Songs and Stories of Commercial Sailing on the Great Lakes - Charlie Maguire's Reading List

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The gales of November : the untold story of the Edmund Fitzgerald - VIEW IN CATALOG

The gales of November : the untold story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Author(s):

John U. Bacon

Johnny Heller, narrator

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Drawing on more than 100 interviews with the families, friends, and former crewmates of those lost, journalist John U. Bacon presents an account of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior in November, 1975. Bacon explores the vital role Great Lakes shipping played in America's economic boom, the uncommon lives the sailors led, the sinking's most likely causes, and the heartbreaking aftermath for those left behind.

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910.9163 Bac

Pride of the inland seas : an illustrated history of the Port of Duluth-Superior

Author(s):

Beck, Bill

Labadie, C. Patrick.

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Book

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386.8 Bec

White hurricane : a Great Lakes November gale and America's deadliest maritime disaster

Author(s):

Brown, David G. (David Geren), 1944-

Description:

During four harrowing days between November 7 and November 10, 1913, the storm that took the Great Lakes sunk a dozen modern steamships, twenty ships were grounded, perhaps 250 or more sailors died. This mass of "90-mile-an-hour winds, whiteout snow squalls, and 35-foot waves combined to produce a storm for which survivors could find no better name than 'White Hurricane'"--From preface, p. xvii.

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Book

Call Number:

977 Bro

True tales of the Great Lakes

Author(s):

Boyer, Dwight

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977 Boy

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H.M.S. Ulysses - VIEW IN CATALOG

H.M.S. Ulysses

Author(s):

MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987

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The story of Convoy FR77 to Murmansk -- a voyage that pushes men to the limits of human endurance, crippled by enemy attack and the bitter cold of the Arctic.

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Book

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FIC Mac

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The cruel sea. - VIEW IN CATALOG

The cruel sea.

Author(s):

Monsarrat, Nicholas, 1910-1979

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"A maritime adventure originally published in 1951. Set in the Second World War, two ships and their crews of about a hundred and fifty men are involved in defending Atlantic convoys against impossible odds."--FantasticFiction.com.

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FIC Mon