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Mighty Fitz: The Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Michael Schumacher
Thirty years after the most legendary shipwreck on America?s inland waters. Michael Schumacher examines the productive life and untimely demise of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Bloomsbury Publishing
November 2005
272 pages ISBN: 158234647X Hardcover
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The disappearance of the Edmund Fitzgerald remains one of
the great unsolved mysteries in maritime history. The
specifics of what happened to the “Mighty Fitz” in the
early hours of November 10, 1975, will never be known. What
we do know: The Edmund Fitzgerald, a massive ore carrier,
had been fighting its way through a pounding November storm
on Lake Superior. She was losing ground—the Fitz’s radar
was out, and she had taken on water in the midst of gale-
force winds and mountainous seas—but there was no reason to
think she wouldn’t find safe harbor at Whitefish Point,
Michigan. Last word from the ship’s captain: “We are
holding our own.” Suddenly the ship disappeared from radar.
By all indications, the 29-man crew had no idea they were
in mortal danger, and they nosedived to Lake Superior’s
bottom before they could call for help. A massive search
ensued but failed to find a single survivor. Michael
Schumacher relays in vivid detail the story of the Edmund
Fitzgerald, its many productive years on the waters of the
Great Lakes, its tragic demise, the search effort and
investigation, as well as the speculation and the
controversy that followed in the wake of the disaster.
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