Graveyard of the Lakes
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Scott MacDonald
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Mark L. Thompson
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For the first time, a historian and seasoned mariner looks beyond the specific circumstances of individual shipwrecks in an effort to reach a clearer understanding of the economic, political, and psychological factors that have influenced the 25,000 wrecks on the Great Lakes over the past 300 years. Looking at the entire tragic history of shipwrecks on North America's expansive inland seas, from the 1679 loss of the Griffon to the mysterious sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975, Mark L. Thompson concludes that a wreck is not an isolated event. In Graveyard of the Lakes, Thompson suggests that most of the accidents and deaths on the lakes have been the result of human error, ranging from simple mistakes to gross incompetence. In addition to his compelling analysis of the causes of shipwrecks, Thompson includes factual accounts of more than 100 wrecks. Graveyard of the Lakes will forever change the listener's perspective on shipwrecks.
The book is published by Wayne State University Press.
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During the height of the blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals off the Massachusetts coast. The Coast Guard dispatched a patrol boat, but was soon in as much trouble as the tanker. Then pilot boat captain Frank Quirk, hearing of the Coast Guard's troubles on his radio, decided to act.
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From the authors of the number-one best-selling The Sea Hunters comes more unforgettable true adventures with famous shipwrecks.
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A documentary drawn from testimony at the Coast Guard’s official inquiry looks anew at one of the most storied, and mysterious, shipwrecks in American history. The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald is one of the most famous shipwreck stories in Great Lakes history. It is also one of maritime lore’s great mysteries, the details of its disappearance as obscure now as on that fateful November day in 1975.
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The Great Lakes have claimed countless thousands of vessels over the course of history, but its biggest and most famous victim was the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, the largest ship of its day to sail the Great Lakes and still the largest to lie below Lake Superior's murky depths. The giant ore freighter was intentionally built "within a foot of the maximum length allowed for passage through the soon-to-be completed Saint Lawrence Seaway."
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In October 2012, a replica of the famous HMS Bounty, an eighteenth-century tall sailing ship, was on a collision course with a storm that would become the largest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic - a clash that would prove dramatic, tragic, perplexing, and ultimately one of the most unforgettable stories of Superstorm Sandy. Crewed by an eclectic team of seafarers, the Bounty was led by Robin Walbridge, their highly respected captain with decades at the helm, whose actions - sometimes questionable - decided the fate of his ship and crew.
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The men on the SS Marine Electric sailed into a storm in February 1983 not knowing that they would make history - at a great cost in lives. Just three men survived the wreck of the Marine Electric off the shores of Virginia and they found that their struggle had just begun once they got back to shore. Blamed for the wreck, they fought back and broke a code of silence that had covered up sloppy ship inspections for decades and revealed the flaws in old World War II rust buckets that were still at sea long past their functional lifetime.
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December 1944, the Pacific Theater. General Douglas MacArthur has vowed to return to the Philippines. He will need the help of Admiral William "Bull" Halsey's Pacific Fleet. But at the height of the invasion, Halsey's ships are blindsided by a typhoon of unprecedented strength and scope. Battleships are tossed like toys, fighter planes are blown off carriers, destroyers are capsized, and hundreds of sailors are swept into the roiling, shark-infested sea.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-02-22
And i thought that i knew a lot!
I completely realized that everything that I thought I knew about shipping on the Great Lakes was miniscule after listening and learning from this amazing book!
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- Lorena L.
- 04-10-18
Great Shipping History
fascinating history of shipwrecks on the great lakes. lots of detail and personal accounts - great info on the mindset of Coast Guard and the industry
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- Jesse Carr
- 01-02-21
Kinda judgy
Mark Thompson is probably right about all the human error that caused shipwrecks, but the narrative comes off as kind of pompous, all about the bad decisions made by various captains. Since many of them ended up dying terrible shipwreck deaths, seems a little unnecessary.
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- OceanBlue
- 04-15-22
Very Factual and Very Redundant
I happen to be a reader of Maritime history and appreciate the facts the author put forward but it is basically a list of shipwrecks being read off.
Each chapter reads to me like a chronological list of boiler explosions and groundings and little engineering references. It seems very factual and well researched but difficult to listen to.
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- Nora
- 09-30-24
A great deep dive into the cause of shipwrecks on the lakes
Wonderful read, but a couple repeats in narration at key moments that can easily confuse you.
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- Bernard Slicker
- 02-11-18
Graveyard of the Lakes
This is a heart breaking and frustrating history to listen to. It is upsetting to know that not much has changed in the life of Captains and sailors. Once again money rules over safety. A long book but worth it.
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- S. Schmidt
- 07-12-19
Very interesting detail and shipwreck accounts
Many wrecks are described and it's so easy to lose track of all the stories told. Still, the messages are clear as to why the shops went down. Very interesting!
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- Meg
- 10-22-20
If You're Into This Sort of Thing
I found this book very fascinating since I live near one of the lakes, travel around them at times, and have become more and more interested in them. Without overall interest, it would be difficult to get through this one. It can become dry - a continual accounting of sinkings - with good details, without "artiistic flair." It's obvious that the author is the authority on the subject. I appreciated the book very much, but this isn't one for casual reading.
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- MB3478
- 01-05-23
Ok
I think this would be a good coffee table book in a rental cottage on the shore of Lake Superior, but it isn't a great audio book. Lots of interesting facts and figures but, as with many books on this subject, repetitive and long winded at times.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Wayne Adolf
- 05-13-19
Too much detail
Too much detail and not enough story. Would have been better with more stories about the people on the ships and their struggles to survive, or not.
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