| Description |
1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Vessels lost, wrecked, and stranded during the Great Lakes Hurricane of 1913 -- Prologue : The sailor's premonition -- Introduction -- "How could such a thing happen on a goddamn lake?" : Lakes Superior and Michigan -- "So violent a storm" : apocalypse on Lake Huron -- "You might not have light tonight" : the storm visits Cleveland -- "I might see you in heaven" : explorations of loss -- "This was not natural" : discoveries |
| Summary |
The ultimate story of man versus nature, this book recounts the dramatic events that unfolded over four days in 1913 when a freshwater hurricane of epic proportions became the deadliest in Great Lakes maritime history. The author brings this violent storm to terrifying life, from its first stirrings through its slow-mounting destructive fury to its profound aftereffects, many still felt today |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Storms -- Great Lakes (North America) -- History -- 20th century
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Shipwrecks -- Great Lakes (North America) -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Shipwrecks
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Storms
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| SUBJECT |
Great Lakes (North America) -- History -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Great Lakes
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781452940441 |
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1452940444 |
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9781461951513 |
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1461951518 |
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9781452940458 |
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1452940452 |
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