
Graveyard of the Lakes
Great Lakes Books Series
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Narrated by:
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Scott MacDonald
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By:
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Mark L. Thompson
For the first time, a historian and seasoned mariner looks beyond the specific circumstances of individual shipwrecks in an effort to reach a clearer understanding of the economic, political, and psychological factors that have influenced the 25,000 wrecks on the Great Lakes over the past 300 years. Looking at the entire tragic history of shipwrecks on North America's expansive inland seas, from the 1679 loss of the Griffon to the mysterious sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975, Mark L. Thompson concludes that a wreck is not an isolated event. In Graveyard of the Lakes, Thompson suggests that most of the accidents and deaths on the lakes have been the result of human error, ranging from simple mistakes to gross incompetence. In addition to his compelling analysis of the causes of shipwrecks, Thompson includes factual accounts of more than 100 wrecks. Graveyard of the Lakes will forever change the listener's perspective on shipwrecks.
The book is published by Wayne State University Press.
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Each chapter reads to me like a chronological list of boiler explosions and groundings and little engineering references. It seems very factual and well researched but difficult to listen to.
Very Factual and Very Redundant
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A great deep dive into the cause of shipwrecks on the lakes
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Graveyard of the Lakes
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Very interesting detail and shipwreck accounts
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Too much detail
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