Twenty-one riveting stories and illustrations about ships that met their end in the treacherous waters of the Great Lakes, such as: British gunboat H.M.S. Speedy in 1804, American Navy brig U.S.S. Niagara in 1820, Civil War steamer Island Queen in 1864, the infamous freighter Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975, and many more!
| FOREWORD BY FREDERICK STONEHOUSE |
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| PREFACE |
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| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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| INTRODUCTION |
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1. A First and Final Flight |
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2. Death Comes to Upper Canada |
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USS ADAMS/HMS DETROIT-1813 |
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4. Conqueror of Lake Erie |
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6. A Disaster Second Only to One |
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7. War Comes to the Great Lakes |
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8. Alexander McDougall's Whalebacks |
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9. Sailing into an Age of Darkness |
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| 10. Wrecked in Sight of Refuge |
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| 11. The Christmas Tree Ship |
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| 12. The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 |
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| 13. A Canaller's Last Valiant Effort |
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| 14. A Disaster Second to None |
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| 15. A Teutonic Warrior's Final Voyage |
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| 16. The marysburgh Vortex |
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| 17. A Classic Ghost Ship |
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| 18. A Fiery Demise for the Queen of the Lakes |
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| 19. The Price of Negligence |
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SS HENRY STEINBRENNER-1953 |
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| 20. A Harsh Judgment |
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| 21. A Wreck Like Many Others |
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SS EDMUND FITZGERALD-1975 |
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| GLOSSARY OF NAUTICAL TERMS |
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| ADDITIONAL RESOURCES |
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| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Michael J. Varhola is a freelance journalist, author or co-author of numerous books and innumerable articles, publisher of several publications, a veteran of the U.S. Army, and an avid sailor who is rated to pilot vessels up to 50 feet in length. A native of the port city of Erie, Pennsylvania, he grew up listening to stories about shipping on the Great Lakes from his father, who served as a merchant seaman aboard the S.S. North American. He lives in Springfield, Virginia. Frederick Stonehouse, noted Great Lakes maritime historian and lecturer, is author of more than 25 books.
