Overview
Michael Schumacher recreates the circumstances surrounding the terrible storm of November 1966 that broke the mighty freighter in half, sending twenty-five of the Morrell's crew to their deaths and consigning the surviving four to the freezing raft where all but one would perish. Schumacher's vivid narrative captures every harrowing detail of the Morrell's demise, finally doing justice to this epic shipwreck.
Full Product Details
Author: Michael Schumacher
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Imprint: University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.431kg
ISBN: 9780816695218
ISBN 10: 0816695210
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 29 August 2016
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Professional & Vocational
Replaced By: 9781517904487
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
Michael Schumacher's latest book is tragic, gripping, and hard to put down. He captures the fury of the Great Lakes as a winter storm rips a steel hull in two and tosses the crew into the lake s cold, dark maw. What happens next is a true survival tale. Cary Griffith, author of <i>Savage Minnesota </i>and <i>Lost in the Wild</i>
Michael Schumacher's latest book is tragic, gripping, and hard to put down. He captures the fury of the Great Lakes as a winter storm rips a steel hull in two and tosses the crew into the lake's cold, dark maw. What happens next is a true survival tale. -Cary Griffith, author of Savage Minnesota and Lost in the Wild
Michael Schumacher's latest book is tragic, gripping, and hard to put down. He captures the fury of the Great Lakes as a winter storm rips a steel hull in two and tosses the crew into the lake s cold, dark maw. What happens next is a true survival tale. Cary Griffith, author of Savage Minnesota and Lost in the Wild
Author Information
Michael Schumacher has published three previous books about the Great Lakes: Mighty Fitz, about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald; The Wreck of the Carl D., about the loss of the Carl D. Bradley; and November’s Fury, an account of the Storm of 1913, the deadliest in Great Lakes history. Dharma Lion—his acclaimed biography of Allen Ginsberg—will be reprinted by the University of Minnesota Press in 2016. He recently edited The Essential Ginsberg and is currently writing an account of the 1968 presidential election, also to be published by Minnesota. He lives in Wisconsin.
