No ship represented the apex of the American Century better than the 729-foot-long Edmund Fitzgerald—the biggest, best, and most profitable ship on the Lakes. But on November 10, 1975, as the "storm of the century" threw 100 mile-per-hour winds and 50-foot waves on Lake Superior, the Mighty Fitz found itself at the worst possible place, at the worst possible time. When she sank, she took all 29 men onboard down with her, leaving the tragedy shrouded in mystery for a half century. In The Gales of November, journalist John U. Bacon presents the definitive account of the disaster.
Never has it been told better than by Mr. Bacon in this colorful and compelling book ... Previous books have explored the theories in exhaustive detail. Mr. Bacon takes a lighter touch that will satisfy general readers.
Exciting and heartbreaking ... A definitive accounting that may be the last book that can draw on direct contemporary observations of this colossal tragedy.
