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The Trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Eyewitness Accounts from the U.S. Coast Guard Hearings (Paperback, 1)
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The Trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Eyewitness Accounts from the U.S. Coast Guard Hearings (Paperback, 1)
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Loot Price R548
Discovery Miles 5 480
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A documentary drawn from testimony at the Coast Guard's official
inquiry looks anew at one of the most storied, and mysterious,
shipwrecks in American history 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. In the words of search
and rescue personnel, ship designers and inspectors, scientists and
naval engineers, former crewmen of the Fitz and the Arthur M.
Anderson (the nearby ore carrier that captured the damaged vessel's
last communications), The Trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald recreates
the doomed ore boat's final minutes, the suspense of the search and
rescue operations, and the drama of the subsequent Coast Guard
inquiry. From the Anderson's captain and first mate we hear reports
of the Fitzgerald taking on water in the fierce storm near
Michipicoten and Caribou Islands, losing its radar, and stating,
finally, famously, "We are holding our own." We follow the
investigation, the speculation, and expert testimony to a
problematic conclusion-countered by an alternate theory that the
Anderson's captain maintained to his dying day. By declaring the
Edmund Fitzgerald an official gravesite, Canada closed the wreck to
further exploration. But here the exploration continues, providing
a unique, and uniquely enlightening, perspective on this
unforgettable episode in America's maritime history.
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