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Library Record
Metadata
Item ID# |
A2020.019.001 |
Title |
Weather bomb 1913 : life and death on the Great Lakes |
Object Name |
Book |
Author |
Kemp, Bruce |
Publisher |
Waypoint Marine Publishing |
Published Date |
2017 |
Description |
From the introduction: "Over the course of four days in 1913, the Great Lakes suffered the greatest natural disaster in their recorded history. From November 7 through the 11, the seas raged and the winds blew because of two conjoined storms. In the end the losses were unimaginable. A dozen big ships, eight on Lake Huron alone, were lost with all hands. Dozens more suffered serious damage. Official estimates of the dead peg the number of lives lost at 256, but only those aboard the ships were counted. There were more whose deaths were reported in the newspapers, but not accounted for in bookkeeping of the Storm. [...]In this book I will try to identify the weather and sea conditions; the social and political attitudes of the day; and the fallout in the aftermath of the Storm. I'll make my own educated guesses (which could be totally wrong) at the tragedy that befell the S.S. Regina and S.S. Charles S. Price in order to try to provide a reasonable answer to the mystery of the events that happened in the dark of November 9, 1913." |
Physical Description |
283 pages ; 20.5 x 12.5 cm (soft brown cover) |
ISBN |
978-1-36-487604-3 |
Places |
Great Lakes Lake Huron |
Search Terms & Subjects |
Cyclones Hurricanes Ships Storms |