Drawing on more than 100 interviews with the families, friends, and former crewmates of those lost, journalist John U. Bacon presents an account of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior in November, 1975. Bacon explores the vital role Great Lakes shipping played in America's economic boom, the uncommon lives the sailors led, the sinking's most likely causes, and the heartbreaking aftermath for those left behind.
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