Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2019]

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Details

Additional Authors

Schumacher, Michael, 1950-

Description

xiv, 311 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

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.

Subject

• Edmund Fitzgerald (Ship) > Trials, litigation, etc
• United States. Coast Guard. Marine Board of Investigation
• Edmund Fitzgerald (Ship)
• Courts-martial and courts of inquiry > Ohio > Cleveland
• Shipwrecks > Superior, Lake > Sources
• Marine accidents > Investigation > United States > Sources
• Shipwrecks > Law and legislation > United States > Sources
• Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
• Marine accidents > Investigation
• Shipwrecks
• Shipwrecks > Law and legislation
• Trials
• Lake Superior
• Ohio > Cleveland
• United States

Genre/Form

Sources.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The loss -- The investigation -- The documents.

ISBN

• 9781517906443
• 151790644X

LCCN

2018061116

OCLC

• on1081378956
• SCSB-9643880

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library