Long before popular television shows such as "Dirty Jobs" and
"The Deadliest Catch," everyday men and women---the unsung heroes
of the job world---toiled in important but mostly anonymous jobs.
One of those jobs was deckhand on the ore boats.
With numerous photographs and engaging stories, "Deckhand"
offers an insider's view of both the mundane and the intriguing
duties performed by deckhands on these gritty cargo vessels.
Boisterous port saloons, monster ice jams, near drownings, and the
daily drudgery of soogeying---cleaning dirt and grime off the
ships---are just a few of the experiences Mickey Haydamacker had as
a young deckhand working on freighters of the Great Lakes in the
early 1960s. Haydamacker sailed five Interlake Steamship Company
boats, from the modern "Elton Hoyt 2nd" to the ancient coal-powered
"Colonel James Pickands" with its backbreaking tarp-covered
hatches.
"Deckhand" will appeal to shipping buffs and to anyone
interested in Great Lakes shipping and maritime history as it
chronicles the adventures of living on the lakes from the
seldom-seen view of a deckhand.
Mickey Haydamacker spent his youth as a deckhand sailing on the
freighters of the Great Lakes. During the 1962 and '63 seasons
Nelson sailed five different Interlake Steamship Company ore boats.
He later went on to become an arson expert with the Michigan State
Police, retiring with the rank of Detective Sergeant.
Alan D. Millar, to whom Haydamacker related his tale of
deckhanding, spent his career as a gift store owner and often wrote
copy for local newspaper, TV, and radio.
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