The Night the Fitz Went Down - Softcover

Bishop, Hugh E.; Paquette, Dudley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0942235371 ISBN 13: 9780942235371

Publisher: Lake Superior Port Cities, 2000

Synopsis

The year 2000 marks the 25th Anniversary of one of Lake Superior's unsolved mysteries. On November 10, 1975, a "mega-storm" over Lake Superior sank the ore carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald at the east end of Lake Superior. Although many theories have been expressed on the cause of this catastrophe, one widely held but rarely spoken reason has never been published -- until now. As the last living captain of an ore boat that also sailed through the worst of that storm, Captain Dudley Paquette relates his harrowing memoir of those hours leading up to the Fitzgerald wreck and of the dangerous search afterward. In the process, the reader gains deep insight into the mind of Great Lakes captains and what might have been the situation in the wheelhouse of the Fitzgerald as the big lake crashed across the decks. The real cause of the wreck might finally be known.

About this title

From the Publisher:

An extremely popular book, we went back to press within days of receiving the first printing. Sure to add significantly to the literature on the Fitzgerald. Noted Great Lakes historian Dr. Julius F. Wolff Jr. says about the book's revelations, "I think you hit the nail right on the head."

About this edition

• Publisher: Lake Superior Port Cities
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0942235371
• ISBN 13: 9780942235371
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192