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John U. Bacon
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The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
by John U. Bacon
John U. Bacon's The Gales of November turns the 1975 sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald into patient, deeply reported narrative nonfiction, tracing the Great Lakes shipping boom that built the ship before reconstructing its final hours through the families left behind. It's maritime history for readers who want the human cost as much as the storm.