Shipwrecks and Lost Treasures: Great Lakes: Legends and Lore, Pirates and More! | 
| Author: Michael J. Varhola
Creators: Frederick Stonehouse, Paul G. Hoffman
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 495415
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 232
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0762744928
Dewey Decimal Number: 977
EAN: 9780762744923
ASIN: 0762744928
Publication Date: October 1, 2007
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Product Description
Twenty-one riveting stories and illustrations about ships that met their end in the treacherous waters of the Great Lakes, such as: British gunboat H.M.S. Speedy in 1804, American Navy brig U.S.S. Niagara in 1820, Civil War steamer Island Queen in 1864, the infamous freighter Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975, and many more!
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Entertaining and educational March 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When folks think of shipwrecks and nautical adventures they typically consider the Atlantic Coast or the Caribbean. But Mike Varhola takes us on an entertaining and educational voyage through 21 shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. Each engaging story of these wrecks, from the earliest European explorers to the 1970s, is told from a different perspective: a passenger awaiting a death sentence, the harried skipper, the conniving grave robber. Mike helps the reader with background information by including a geologic history of the lakes, their surface areas and depths, and weather peculiarities. The author also includes a quick reference map of the wrecks and the lakes. Mike has done a great job capturing this often overlooked area of nautical history.
Exciting Sea Stories! January 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
MikeVarhola's Shipwrecks and Lost Treasures: Great Lakes is an engrossing and entertaining read. Anyone who grew up on the shore, as I did, or who loves ships ("boats," as they are called on the Great Lakes) will find these twenty-five stories riveting. Varhola writes with clarity and close attention to historical details about mighty vessels that came to a bad end in the vast reaches of the Great Lakes. He takes the reader on a fascinating voyage through maritime history, beginning his chronicles in 1679 with the disappearance of French explorer LaSalle's Le Griffon and sailing right up to the 1975 fabled wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
One of my favorite stories in Shipwrecks is the story of the Eastland, a steamship that rolled over on the Chicago River in 1915--literally less than twenty feet from downtown sidewalks--killing over 800 people. I also wrote about the Eastland (more specifically, about the ghosts of its victims) in my book, Ghosthunting Illinois, but Varhola's story is a great retelling of the grim historical details for those readers unfamiliar with the disaster.
I recommend Shipwrecks for readers who are interested in ships and the lore of the sea, or who have an interest in the history of the Great Lakes region, and I look forward to reading more of Varhola's works.
John Kachuba
Author, Ghosthunters: On the Trail of Mediums, Dowsers, Spirit Seekers, and Other Investigators of America's Paranormal World
[ASIN:1578602203 Ghosthunting Illinois (The Haunted Heartland)]]
Pleasantly Surprised October 15, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This was an excellent read. I have always enjoyed books about shipwrecks. This book delves into shipwrecks of the Great Lakes opening the door to an area explored little by writers of this topic. Mr. Varhola takes his readers away from the warm waters of the Caribbean and recounts historical tales of lost ships in the colder waters in the American Great Lakes. The histories of the various ships were fascinating and the imagery of one or two short stories brought life to this topic. As a fan of historical fiction I hope Mr. Varhola will utilize his well researched knowledge to create a few tales that dig deeper into this subject matter.
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