Overview
Michigan's ""storms of November"" are famous in song, lore, and legend and have taken a tragic toll, breaking the hulls of many ships and sending them to cold, dark and silent graves on the bottoms of the Great Lakes. On November 18, 1958, when the lime-stone carrier, Carl D. Bradley broke up during a raging storm on Lake Michigan, it became the largest ship in Great Lakes' history to vanish beneath storm-tossed waves. Along with the Bradley, thirty-three crew members perished. Most of the casualties hailed from the little harbor town of Rogers City, Michigan, a community stung with grief when, in an instant, twenty-three women became widows and fifty-three children were left fatherless. Nevertheless, this is also a story of survival, as it recounts the tale of two of the ship's crew, whose fifteen-hour ordeal on a life raft, in gale-force winds and 25-foot waves, is a remarkable story of endurance and tenacity. Written in a style that is equally appealing to young adults and adult readers, ""Black November"" is a tale of adventure, courage, heroism, and tragedy. Kantar, the author of ""29 Missing"", a book about the loss of the great lakes freighter the Edmund Fitzgerald, has once again crafted a dramatic narrative that is both informative and compelling. Although the Carl D. Bradley has been called ""the ship that time forgot,"" ""Black November"" recalls that tragic day nearly sixty years ago and is a moving tribute to the ship and its crew.
Full Product Details
Author: Andrew Kantar
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Imprint: Michigan State University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.113kg
ISBN: 9780870137839
ISBN 10: 0870137832
Pages: 80
Publication Date: 28 September 2006
Audience:
General/trade
,
General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.
Reviews
""Andrew Kantar's riveting account of shipwreck, tragedy and survival captures the real life-and-death struggle of sailors caught in a classic Great Lakes November gale. Kantar takes you on an emotional journey into the minds of the dying, the survivors and the unbearable sorrow borne by a small Michigan community who suffered the loss of so many of their own brothers, husbands, fathers, and sons. A story of tragedy and triumph detailed through meticulous research and personal interviews that makes your heart ache and your spirit sore for those who survived in spite of Lake Michigan's dark side.""
Andrew Kantar's riveting account of shipwreck, tragedy and survival captures the real life-and-death struggle of sailors caught in a classic Great Lakes November gale. Kantar takes you on an emotional journey into the minds of the dying, the survivors and the unbearable sorrow borne by a small Michigan community who suffered the loss of so many of their own brothers, husbands, fathers, and sons. A story of tragedy and triumph detailed through meticulous research and personal interviews that makes your heart ache and your spirit sore for those who survived in spite of Lake Michigan's dark side.
Author Information
Andrew Kantar is Professor of Languages and Literature at Ferris State University. He is the author of 29 Missing: The True and Tragic Story of the Disappearance of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, designated a Notable Book by the State of Michigan.
