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The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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Updated: October 7, 2025

Content length: 464 pages

language: English

Source: amazon

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A work of spectral beauty destined to be a classic. Readers of Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm, Erik Larsen’s Dead Wake, and Nathaniel Philbrick’s In the Heart of the Sea will love this deeply reported tale." ―Hampton Sides, New York Times best-selling author of The Wide Wide Sea and In the Kingdom of Ice “The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ has been told and retold by authors and bards. But never has it been told better than by Mr. Bacon in this colorful and compelling book.... Dead men tell no tales, but their loved ones do. Mr. Bacon tracked them down and listened.” ―John J. Miller, Wall Street Journal On the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s sinking, the bestselling author of The Great Halifax Explosion tells the definitive story of the “Mighty Fitz.” For three decades following World War II, the Great Lakes overtook Europe as the epicenter of global economic strength. The region was the beating heart of the world economy, possessing all the power and prestige Silicon Valley does today. And no ship represented the apex of the American Century better than the 729-foot-long Edmund Fitzgerald―the biggest, best, and most profitable ship on the Lakes. But on November 10, 1975, as the “storm of the century” threw 100 mile-per-hour winds and 50-foot waves on Lake Superior, the Mighty Fitz found itself at the worst possible place, at the worst possible time. When she sank, she took all 29 men onboard down with her, leaving the tragedy shrouded in mystery for a half century.

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On a storm-torn night in 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald vanished with 29 souls. Fifty years later, The Gales of November delivers a definitive retelling—braiding forensic weather science, cargo dynamics, and fresh testimony from families and crewmates to reconstruct the ship’s final hours. It also exposes the design tradeoffs behind a freighter famed for its “luxury,” and situates the tragedy within the Great Lakes’ storied shipping era and the cultural echo you know from Lightfoot’s ballad. History that reads like a thriller—and honors its victims with rigor.