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My interest in Great Lakes ships (we locals call them boats) is centered on the unique designs that enable them to economically deliver cargos in these restricted and sometimes dangerous waters. Unfortunately most books written about them are limited to shipwrecks; those about the SS Edmund Fitzgerald being the most prolific.
Despite this I have been looking for a copy of Chris Winters and Bruce Lynn’s The Legend Lives On for some time. Chris Winters is a marine photographer interested in documenting these craft that sail our Inland Seas. My library includes a signed copy of his Centennial commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the SS St Mary’s Challenger (since cut down to a barge). Bruce Lynn is with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Bay, MI near where the Edmund Fitzgerald sank. I wanted a copy of their book as I believed that it would be a cut above the usual stuff sold in lake shore gift shops. Out of print; copies have been very difficult to find and those available are expensive ($200-300).
Coverage of the 50th anniversary of the Fitzgerald’s sinking mentioned a book signing of a new edition of the book at the Shipwreck Museum in Michigan. Although the museum is now closed for the winter, I found someone there who actually returned my phone call and my signed copy of the book arrived yesterday. It’s a beautiful large format book, nicely produced with 100’s of photos. I was disappointed that there is virtually no coverage of the Coast Guard hearings that followed the sinking. Never-less I am pleased to add the book to my library.
Roger
Despite this I have been looking for a copy of Chris Winters and Bruce Lynn’s The Legend Lives On for some time. Chris Winters is a marine photographer interested in documenting these craft that sail our Inland Seas. My library includes a signed copy of his Centennial commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the SS St Mary’s Challenger (since cut down to a barge). Bruce Lynn is with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Bay, MI near where the Edmund Fitzgerald sank. I wanted a copy of their book as I believed that it would be a cut above the usual stuff sold in lake shore gift shops. Out of print; copies have been very difficult to find and those available are expensive ($200-300).
Coverage of the 50th anniversary of the Fitzgerald’s sinking mentioned a book signing of a new edition of the book at the Shipwreck Museum in Michigan. Although the museum is now closed for the winter, I found someone there who actually returned my phone call and my signed copy of the book arrived yesterday. It’s a beautiful large format book, nicely produced with 100’s of photos. I was disappointed that there is virtually no coverage of the Coast Guard hearings that followed the sinking. Never-less I am pleased to add the book to my library.
Roger
