Page 163 of Fall 2008 Catalog by Quayside Publishing Group

november 2008 so terrible a storm 162 the epic story of the sailors and ships in lake superior s deadly 1905 thanksgiving gale curt brown item 144594ap isbn-13 978-0-7603-3243-6 isbn-10 0760332436 upc 752748332430 $25.00 us £14.99 uk $27.50 can 6 x 9 in 152 x 229 mm 320 pages hc 32 b/w photos 2 diagrams worldwide rights nature/weather ct qty 22 the perfect storm before it had a name Ë an intriguing human disaster the 9/11 of its time and which played an important role in minnesota michigan wisconsin and canadian history from the advances it forced in shipbuilding navigation weather forecasting and the building of the famed split rock lighthouse Ë curt brown is a minneapolis star tribune writer Ë shipwreck stories when well-told and full of drama have great appeal from the perfect storm to skeletons on the zahara it was thanksgiving 1905 and thirty-one ships were on lake superior making the season s last run what none of the sailors knew till it was far too late was that they would soon face the worst storm ever to hit the great lake a storm that nearly half of their number would not survive this is the story of that fateful storm and of one of the worst shipping disasters in the nation s history it is a tale of people pitted against the elements of a disaster so extreme that in its wake weather forecasting shipbuilding and compass-reading in light of the iron range s magnetism were forever changed curt brown st paul mn is a reporter at the minneapolis star tribune where he has worked for twenty years he has a ba in american history and he has been researching this untold story for five years also available super volcano isbn-13 978-0-7603-2925-2 $24.95 us/£16.99 uk 29.95 can item 144341 rights worldwide kenny salwey s tales of a river rat isbn-13 978-0-89658-649-9 $19.95 us/£12.99 uk 25.95 can item 141798 rights worldwide mike lynch s minnesota weatherwatch isbn-13 978-0-7603-2863-7 $25.95 us/£16.99 uk 31.95 can item 144276 rights worldwide voyageur press

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