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Ghost Ships Of The Lakes Ghost Ships

GHOST SHIPS OF THE LAKES

294 Pages - 17 Chapters - Bibliography - Index - Paperback

The Great Lakes, long recognized as the world’s greatest freshwater transportation system and the prime catalyst around which evolved the steel-oriented, heavy industry centers of Midwestern America, also provide some of man’s most inexplicable and eerie mysteries. In pursuit of commerce inspired by the Lakes’ strategic geographic location, great ships have left their ports, never to be seen again... GHOST SHIPS OF THE GREAT LAKES is the grim inventory of people and wreckage, some plucked from the shoreline, some never to be heard from again. Though sturdily built, many were lost without a trace, each one adding another name to the long list of vanished ships on the Great Lakes

Great Stories of The Great Lakes Gt Stories

GREAT STORIES OF THE GREAT LAKES

14 Chapters - Bibliography - Index - 242 Pages - Paperback

GREAT STORIES OF THE GREAT LAKES, makes available those almost forgotten facets of history which, when assembled, supply the basis for a factual account of past events.
Complete with illustrations and, assisted by experts from around the Lakes, GREAT STORIES OF THE GREAT LAKES recounts in vivid detail, The across the lakes “Great Race” between the City of Erie and Tashmoo, the tragic sinking of the Western Reserve and the gruesome recovery of the victims, the mysterious disappearance of the W. H. Gilcher, both considered “sister ships” both lost under unknown circumstances within months of each other. These and many, many more ‘Great Stories are sure to provide countless hours of fascinating reading.

Ships & Men of The Great Lakes Ships & Men

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SHIPS AND MEN OF THE GREAT LAKES

240 Pages - 10 Chapters Illustrated with Maps - Photographs - Index - Paperback

For well over a century, ships and men of the Great Lakes have vanished from the face of the earth. Old-timers used to say they "just sailed through a crack in the lake." But there are no cracks - just great, roaring storms, lurking shoals, and all the hazards faced by sailors since the day when man first went down to the sea in ships.
Ships and Men of the Great Lakes spans more than a century of Great Lakes history in a series of true, thoroughly documented dramas, most of them describing the misadventures of vessels and the men who sailed them.
Stories of dreadful tragedy and unbridled stupidity are intermingled with unsurpassed acts of heroism such as recounted in the ill-fated voyage of the passenger steamer ERIE.
A treasure trove of Great Lakes lore and adventure is sure to be enjoyed by all.

Strange Adventures of the Great Lakes Strange

STRANGE ADVENTURES OF THE GREAT LAKES

272 Pages - 12 Chapters Illustrated with Photographs - Maps - Paperback

These well documented tales of the Great Lakes have the drama of men battling the elements; the suspense of daring rescue attempts and mystery of inexplicable disappearances of ships and crews.
Here is the story of the schooner HUNTER SAVIDGE, a victim of a white squall, and the curious legends that grew up about the loss of the ship and her passengers. There are the ships that have become legends: the Navy's first iron vessel - the U.S.S. MICHIGAN, launched in 1843, twenty years before the MONITOR - and still active 79 years later; the JUPITER, the wandering "ghost" that steamed wraith like in and out of many ports to escape her human tormentors. Engrossing as it is authorative, this is the final book published by Mr. Boyer before his death.

True Tales of The Great Lakes True Tales

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TRUE TALES OF THE GREAT LAKES

13 Chapters - Bibliography - Index - 340 Pages - Paperback

Another of Dwight Boyers books on the world's largest inland seas. His painstaking research has uncovered many long-forgotten adventures and tragedies of freshwater ships and sailors. This memorable collection contains many authentic stories of ships, people and happenings. They run the gamut from sacrifice and superb bravery to carelessness, poor judgement, wanton disregard for life, and often just plain bad luck. "...well written and entertaining book." - Publishers Weekly