Too Much Sea for Their Decks: Shipwrecks of Minnesota's North Shore and Isle Royale Schumacher Michael
Shipwreck stories from along Minnesota's north shore of Lake Superior and Isle RoyaleAgainst the backdrop of the extraordinary history of Great Lakes shipping, Too Much Sea for Their Decks chronicles…
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Shipwreck stories from along Minnesota's north shore of Lake Superior and Isle RoyaleAgainst the backdrop of the extraordinary history of Great Lakes shipping, Too Much Sea for Their Decks chronicles shipwrecked schooners, wooden freighters, early steel-hulled steamers, whalebacks, and bulk carriers--some well-known, some unknown or forgotten--all lost in the frigid waters of Lake Superior.Included are compelling accounts of vessels destined for infamy, such as that of the Stranger, a slender wooden schooner swallowed by the lake in 1875, the sailors' bodies never recovered nor the wreckage ever found; an account of the whaleback Wilson, rammed by a large commercial freighter in broad daylight and in calm seas, sinking before many on board could escape; and the mysterious loss of the Kamloops, a package freighter that went down in a