Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes: Tales of Courage

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Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes: Tales of Courage – and Cowardice


	Format	Softcover
	Catalogue No.	978-1-55277-492-2
	Pages	136
	Language	English only
	Price	$9.95

Written by Cheryl MacDonald.
Published by James Lorimer & Company Ltd., 2010.

Description:

We all know that ships have been lost on the oceans but how many of us are aware that over 6,000 ships have gone to a watery grave on Canada's Great Lakes? Cheryl MacDonald's book recounts the most unforgettable disasters on the Great Lakes from the sinking of LaSalle's Frontenac in 1678 to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975.

Contents:

Prologue
Introduction
1. Early Shipwrecks
2. The Hamilton and the Scourge
3. The Steamer Atlantic
4. The Algoma
5. The Marysburgh Vortex
6. The Marquette and Bessemer No. 2
7. The Great Storm
8. The City of Dresden
9. The Noronic
10. The Edmund Fitzgerald
For Further Reading
Photo Credits
Index

Cheryl MacDonald has been writing on historical topics for nearly 30 years. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines, including The Beaver and Maclean's, and she has written a number of books, mostly relating various aspects of southern Ontario history.

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