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050 0 0 _aG 525
_b.V426 2008
100 1 _aVarhola, Michael O.,
_d1966-
_932034
245 1 0 _aShipwrecks and lost treasures, Great Lakes :
_blegends and lore, pirates and more!
_cMichael J. Varhola ; illustrations by Paul G. Hoffman ; foreword by Frederick Stonehouse.
260 _aGuilford, CT. :
_bGlobe Pequot Press,
_cc2008.
264 _aGuilford, CT. :
_bGlobe Pequot Press,
_cc2008.
300 _axxiii, 206 pages :
_billustrations, map ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 195-206).
505 0 _aForeword / Frederick Stonehouse -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: First and final flight / Le Griffon (1679) -- 2: Death comes to upper Canada / HMS Speedy (1804) -- 3: Warship by any name / USS Adams/HMS Detroit (1813) -- 4: Conqueror of Lake Erie / USS Niagara (1820) -- 5: Grave misfortune / SS GP Griffith (1850) -- 6: Disaster second only to one / SS Lady Elgin (1960) -- 7: War comes to the Great Lakes / SS Island Queen (1864) -- 8: Alexander McDougall's whalebacks -- 9: Sailing into an age of darkness / SS Kaliyuga (1905) -- 10: Wrecked in sight of refuge / SS Mataafa (1905) -- 11: Christmas tree ship / Rouse Simmons (1912) -- 12: Great Lakes storm of 1913 -- 13: Canaller's last valiant effort / SS Benjamin Noble (1914) -- 14: Disaster second to none / SS Eastland (1915) -- 15: Teutonic warroir's final voyage / UC-97 (1921) -- 16: Marysburgh vortex -- 17: Classic ghost ship / SS Kamloops (1927) -- 18: Fiery demise for the queen of the lakes / SS Nornonic (1949) -- 19: Price of negligence / SS Henry Steinbrenner (1953) -- 20: Harsh judgment / SS Carl D Bradley (1958) -- 21: Wreck like many others / SS Edmund Fitzgerald (1975) -- Glossary of nautical terms -- Additional resources -- About the author.
520 _aFrom the Publisher: Twenty-one riveting stories and illustrations about ships that met their end in the treacherous waters of the Great Lakes, such as: British gunboat H.M.S. Speedy in 1804, American Navy brig U.S.S. Niagara in 1820, Civil War steamer Island Queen in 1864, the infamous tanker Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975, and many more!
650 0 _aShipwrecks
_zGreat Lakes (North America)
_932035
650 0 _aTreasure troves
_zGreat Lakes (North America)
_932036
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_cCIRC