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Loading... Deadly Voyage: The S.S. Daniel J. Morrell Tragedyby Andrew Kantar
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book seems more like a synopsis or overview of the tragedy and the other boats caught in the horrific storm in late November 1966, rather than an in depth story. While it is well written, it just doesn't have the grip of other books that I've read about shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. ( ) no reviews | add a review
This is the harrowing story of one of the worst shipwrecks in Great Lakes history. In the early morning hours of November 29, 1966, the S.S. Daniel J. Morrell was caught in a deadly storm on Lake Huron. Waves higher than the ship crested over it, and winds exceeding sixty miles per hour whipped at its hull, splitting the 603-foot freighter into two giant pieces. Amazingly, after the bow went down, the stern blindly powered itself through the stormy seas for another five miles! Twenty-eight men drowned in the icy waters of Lake Huron, but one sailor--26-year-old Dennis Hale--miraculously survived the treacherous storm. Wearing only boxer shorts, a lifejacket, and a pea coat, Hale clung to a life raft in near-freezing temperatures for 38 hours until he was rescued late in the afternoon of the following day. Three of his fellow crewmates died in his raft. In Deadly Voyage, Andrew Kantar recounts this tale of tragedy and triumph on Lake Huron. Informed by meticulous research and the eyewitness details provided by Hale, and illustrated with photographs from the Coast Guard search and rescue operation, Kantar depicts one of the most tragic shipwrecks in Great Lakes history. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)917.7404History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in North America Midwestern U.S. MichiganLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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