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Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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Description for Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.

The Edmund Fitzgerald, a colossal ore carrier, had been fighting her way through a pounding November storm on Lake Superior. Then the Fitz’s radar went out, and she started to take on water. Despite gale-force winds and thirty-foot seas, there was no reason to think the Fitz wouldn’t find safe harbor at Whitefish Point, Michigan. The last words from the Fitz’s captain, Ernest McSorley, was “We are holding our own.” By all indications, the crew had no idea they were in mortal danger before they plunged to Lake Superior’s bottom with no chance to call for help.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816680818
SKU
V9780816680818
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Michael Schumacher
A lifelong resident of the Great Lakes region, Michael Schumacher is the author of twelve books, including biographies of Allen Ginsberg, Phil Ochs, and Eric Clapton, and the award-winning book Wreck of the Carl D. He has also written twenty-five documentaries on Great Lakes shipwrecks and lighthouses.

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