Songs and Stories of Commercial Sailing on the Great Lakes - Charlie Maguire's Reading List
Enhance your appreciation of Charlie’s program with books about the Great Lakes and big boat sailing that he has personally selected.
The gales of November : the untold story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Author(s):
John U. Bacon
Johnny Heller, narrator
Description:
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.
Format:
Audiobook
Call Number:
910.9163 Bac
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.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
977 Bro
H.M.S. Ulysses
Author(s):
MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987
Description:
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.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC Mac
The cruel sea.
Author(s):
Monsarrat, Nicholas, 1910-1979
Description:
"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.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC Mon
