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Chargement... Ghost Ships of the Great Lakespar Dwight Boyer
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This is the awesome story of the missing "ghost ships" of the Great Lakes, ships that disappeared, often in complete mystery, and were never seen again. The chronicle is a varied one: sometimes the cause was a titanic storm with huge seas and terrifying winds; or it was blinding snow that destroyed all sense of direction and massive ice that by its weight bore the ship beneath the surface; often it was mechanical failure or disregard of safety for the sake of gain. In researching this book, the author scanned thousands of old newspaper and shipping journals, read hundreds of letters from relatives of lost skippers and their crews, shipping company reports and files. The accumulated data reveal many crucial facts never before known, to document the chapters of this thrilling book. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Mention Great Lakes shipwrecks, and people immediately seem to think of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Well, this book (at least the edition I have) has no mention of that doomed vessel, as it was published in 1968, 7 years before the Fitzgerald went to her watery grave. But there have been plenty of other shipwrecks for the author to write about.
I found this book fascinating and well-written. The author seems to be a born storyteller. I thought the accounts had just the right amount of facts, description, background, etc. It offered a great overview of different kinds of ends that have overtaken ships on the Great Lakes, and a good sense of the kinds of people who worked and perished on them. (