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On a cold night in November 1975, a proud Great Lakes freighter vanished from the radar and from the sight of every watching eye. Thirty minutes earlier, her captain had sent a calm message that they were ""holding our own."" Minutes later, the Edmund Fitzgerald was gone, lost with all hands. ""The Last Voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald: Storm, Loss, Memory, and the Story That Still Haunts Lake Superior"" is a deeply human nautical disaster book that tells the true story of the Edmund Fitzgerald in clear, simple language. It is written for readers who want more than headlines. It is for those who want to understand how a single ore freighter disaster became one of the most powerful Great Lakes true stories ever told. Inside these pages, you travel from the ship's proud launch and years at work in great lakes shipping history to the rising winds of the November 1975 storm and the deadly Lake Superior storm that followed. You will see how this famous Great Lakes freighter earned the nickname Mighty Fitz, why sailors respected her, and how the final hours turned from routine to deadly as the storm on Lake Superior grew stronger and more chaotic. This is not just another shipwreck history book. It is careful, respectful maritime tragedy nonfiction that weaves together weather reports, radio messages, and the voices of families who still live with the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald crew. You will learn how investigators tried to explain what happened to one of the most well-known Lake Superior shipwrecks, why some questions remain, and how the wreck joined the long list of shipwrecks of the Great Lakes that continue to raise hard questions about safety, judgment, and chance. The book sets the Fitzgerald within the wider story of Great Lakes maritime history and other Great Lakes shipwrecks, while also showing what made this case different. It explores the haunting pull of Lake Superior mysteries, the power of the song about the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and the way yearly memorial services keep the memory of this true maritime disaster alive on both sides of the border. If you are drawn to historical nonfiction disaster books that read like a true story, if you have ever been curious about Great Lakes maritime history, if you have stood on the shore and stared out across the dark water and wondered what lies beneath, this book is for you. It offers a steady, thoughtful look at the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck, the gales of November, and the many lives shaped by one of the most talked-about Lake Superior shipwrecks in modern times.

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