Glenn Knoblock 224pages softcover
For more than 200 years, Great Lakes shipyards have bolstered America's and Canada’s commercial and naval power.
Vessels like the Edmund Fitzgerald, the Niagara, and Walk-in-the-Water are now the stuff of legend, but lesser-known ships also have their stories to tell. Cargo-carrying schooners, such as Moonlight and Minnedosa,
got faster and bigger over the years, helping them hold their own
against the emerging steamships, while the revolutionary design of the R.J. Hackett
set the standard for lake freighters for years. Of course, the Great
Lakes have often exacted a heavy toll, as demonstrated by the mysterious
disappearance of the Griffon and the harrowing sinking of Pere Marquette 18.
