So Terrible a Storm
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So Terrible a Storm

A Tale of Fury on Lake Superior

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Available until 21 Apr |Learn more

So Terrible a Storm

A Tale of Fury on Lake Superior

About this book

“Not since Sebastian Junger in The Perfect Storm has a writer captured so well the fury of the seas as Curt Brown.” —The Maritime Executive
 
Through masterful research and elegant prose, Curt Brown traces the devastating intersection of nature’s fury and corporate greed. It was Thanksgiving week 1905, and the industry bosses wanted one last run before the shipping season ended; the bottom line depended on it. The tragedy that followed led to the building of Split Rock Lighthouse—and went down in history as one of the nation’s worst shipping disasters. The explosive squall caught nearly 30 vessels on Lake Superior. In the wake of the storm, weather forecasting and shipbuilding were forever changed. Drawn from the accounts of witnesses and survivors, So Terrible a Storm is a must-read.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Part 1: Foreword
  7. Part 2: Storm within the Storm
  8. Part 3: The Mataafa
  9. Part 4: The Scow, the Umbria, and the Owen
  10. Part 5: Afterword
  11. Acknowledgments
  12. Appendix
  13. In Memoriam
  14. References
  15. Index
  16. About the Author