{"product_id":"along-lake-michigan-shipwreck-stories-of-life-and-loss-hardcover","title":"Along Lake Michigan: Shipwreck Stories of Life and Loss - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Schumacher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNotable shipwrecks of Lake Michigan throughout a century of enterprise, industry, heroism, and disaster on the Great Lakes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Great Lakes are graveyards of a vast number of shipwrecks (30,000 by some estimates), and Lake Michigan has more than the other four lakes combined. The stories of those wrecks tell the history of that mighty lake in its endless, mercurial challenge to human endeavor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Surveying the wreckage throughout the decades, from the fiery end of the twin propeller-driven \u003ci\u003ePhoenix\u003c\/i\u003e in 1847 to the failure of the \u003ci\u003eAnna Minch\u003c\/i\u003e to outrun the infamous 1940 Armistice Day storm, Michael Schumacher charts the course of shipping disasters great and small on Lake Michigan. He illuminates the details of maritime weather and shipcraft, the lives devoted to and lost on the water, and the mistakes and monumental failures that led to these ships' watery ends. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Schumacher's deft storytelling, drawing from deep research and comprehensive knowledge, brings forth the vivid details of the last minutes of these doomed ships, along with the circumstances surrounding their voyages. Here are tragic tales like that of the \u003ci\u003eEastland, \u003c\/i\u003ethe deadliest shipwreck in Great Lakes history, lost while docked in the Chicago River; the \u003ci\u003eRouse Simmons, \u003c\/i\u003ea wooden schooner loaded with Christmas trees; the train ferry \u003ci\u003eMilwaukee\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eWisconsin, \u003c\/i\u003ea package freighter, gone within one week of each other in October 1929; and the passenger vessel the \u003ci\u003eLady Elgin, \u003c\/i\u003ea devastating loss met with incredible heroism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Liberally illustrated with historical photographs, the stories of these shipwrecks, spanning a full century of commercial traffic on Lake Michigan, document the myriad forms of bravery and misfortune that mark our encounters with the Great Lakes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Michael Schumacher is the author of several books on Great Lakes shipwrecks, including \u003ci\u003eMighty Fitz, November's Fury, Torn in Two, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Trial of the\u003c\/i\u003e Edmund Fitzgerald (all from Minnesota). He has written narratives for twenty-five Great Lakes shipwreck and lighthouse documentary films. He lives in Wisconsin close to the shores of Lake Michigan. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52061749412141,"sku":"9781517916770","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/along-lake-michigan-shipwreck-stories-of-life-and-loss-hardcover-7466051.webp?v=1780167966","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/along-lake-michigan-shipwreck-stories-of-life-and-loss-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}