The trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald : eyewitness accounts from the U.S. Coast Guard hearings / edited by Michael Schumacher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schumacher, Michael, 1950- compiler.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Edmund Fitzgerald (Ship)--Trials, litigation, etc.

Edmund Fitzgerald (Ship).

United States. Coast Guard. Marine Board of Investigation.

United States.

United States. Coast Guard.

Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--Ohio--Cleveland.

Courts-martial and courts of inquiry.

Shipwrecks--Superior, Lake--Sources.

Shipwrecks.

Marine accidents--Investigation--United States--Sources.

Marine accidents.

Shipwrecks--Law and legislation--United States--Sources.

Marine accidents--Investigation.

Shipwrecks--Law and legislation.

Trials.

Lake Superior.

Ohio--Cleveland.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xiv, 311 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2019.

Summary:

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald is one of the most famous shipwreck stories in Great Lakes history. It is also one of maritime lore?s great mysteries, the details of its disappearance as obscure now as on that fateful November day in 1975. The investigation into the wreck, resulting in a controversial final report, generated more than 3,000 pages of documentation, a mere fraction of which has been made available to the public. In The Trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Michael Schumacher mines this rich resource to produce the first-ever documentary account, a companion to his popular narrative Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Contents:

The loss

The investigation

The documents.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Schumacher, Michael, 1950- compiler. Trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald

ISBN:

9781517906443

151790644X

OCLC:

1081378956