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Sailing Into Disaster

Ghost Ships and other Mysterious Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes

By: Constance M. Jerlecki

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Sailing Into Disaster

Ghost Ships and other Mysterious Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes

By: Constance M. Jerlecki

One of the most prominent geographical features of North America, the Great Lakes played a pivotal role in the economic and industrial development of Canada and the United States. While allowing the establishment of a highly efficient transportation system, these freshwater seas have also proven particularly unforgiving when stirred up by the forces of nature. Capable of producing some of the most treacherous conditions faced by mariners anywhere on the globe, the Great Lakes have claimed thousands of vessels since the earliest days of navigation on their waters. Sailing Into Disaster details the stories of ten vessels that met their demise without leaving a single survivor. Ranging from early wooden schooners to steel steamships, the tales included in this volume represent not only the perils faced by these vessels but also their crews prior to the advent of modern navigation equipment. While a few of their number have been uncovered through concerted search efforts, the majority of these lost ships remain elusively hidden in the watery depths of these landlocked oceans. Among others, this book includes the loss of an early Great Lakes schooner on Lake Superior, the mysterious disappearance of a steel steamer that sparked tales of it becoming a wandering ghost ship, the unexplained sinking of two naval trawlers, a small tugboat that sailed into oblivion on Lake Erie, and a self-unloading bulk carrier that remains missing in the depths of Lake Michigan to this very day. A lifelong resident of Michigan, Constance M. Jerlecki has written four books concerning the history of the state she calls home. This is her first book on Great Lakes shipwrecks.

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Inland Expressions

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ISBN 10

1939150183

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9781939150189

Tales of Michigan

By: Constance M. Jerlecki

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Tales of Michigan

By: Constance M. Jerlecki

Chosen to give the reader an insight into Michigan’s rich and varied historical heritage, each of these tales relates a different aspect of the state’s past. Among others, stories in this book include: The life of George N. Smith, a pioneering missionary, who, along with his family, endured years of hardship living with the Native Americans. A man with a common name, but an uncommon life. The story of Detroit’s once proud status as “Stove Capital of the World.” The fiery head-on collision of two passenger trains at Battle Creek caused when one of the crews ignored their instructions. The tale of William Bryce, a Union soldier that returned home following the Civil War only to succumb to injuries resulting from his experiences as a prisoner of the Confederacy. The struggle to build a bridge across the Straits of Mackinac that lasted nearly seventy-five years before the Mackinac Bridge was finally completed. A freighter’s crew that entered into a life-and-death struggle with the Storm of 1913, the most destructive storm to strike the Great Lakes in modern history.

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156

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Inland Expressions

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ISBN 10

1939150000

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9781939150004

Tales of Michigan II

By: Constance M. Jerlecki

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Tales of Michigan II

By: Constance M. Jerlecki

As with the previous volume of this series, Tales of Michigan II is a collection of fifteen stories from across the “Great Lakes State.” Chosen to give the reader an insight into Michigan’s rich and varied historical heritage, each of these tales relates a different aspect of the state’s past. Among others, stories in this book include: Ø A misunderstanding between a bridge tender and a lake freighter captain that resulted in a collision that severed the only land link between the upper portion of the Keweenaw Peninsula and the rest of the state. Ø A mistake made by the overworked operator of an interurban railway car that led to a fatal collision near Monroe. Ø The pioneering effort by Captain Curtis Boughton to open the hungry markets of Chicago to western Michigan fruit farmers. Ø The days when dog sled teams provided many remote communities located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with their only connection to the outside world during the long winter months. Ø The devastation left behind by a fire that erupted in downtown Alpena during the summer of 1872. Ø The tragic Easter Sunday crash of an airliner that investigators initially blamed on its crew until new information came to light nearly seven years later. Ø The tale of a gasoline tanker stranded in Lake Michigan that prompted a series of dangerous salvage efforts to remove its valuable cargo. Ø An international railway tunnel constructed below one the busiest waterways in the world.

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164

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Inland Expressions

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ISBN 10

1939150108

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9781939150103

Blue Water Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Saint Clair County

By: Constance M. Jerlecki

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Blue Water Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Saint Clair County

By: Constance M. Jerlecki

A collection of photos, histories, and summaries of the Cemeteries of Saint Clair County Michigan. Each Cemetery is described , and accompanied by photographs as it appears as of 2007. Also road maps for locating each cemetery accompany the text. Cemeteries in Saint Clair County date from the early 1800's to the present and thus provide an unique insight into the history of the county and of Michigan in general.

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106

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Inland Expressions

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0981815707

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9780981815701

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Sailing Into Disaster

Sailing Into Disaster

Tales of Michigan

Tales of Michigan

Tales of Michigan II

Tales of Michigan II

Blue Water Cemeteries

Blue Water Cemeteries

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