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Torn in Two

The Sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell and One Man's Survival on the Open Sea
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
200 Seiten
Englisch
University of Minnesota Presserschienen am30.10.2018
Dennis Hale reached the dock just in time to see the Daniel J. Morrell heading out to open waters, a 600-foot freighter that had plied the waters for sixty years, carrying ore from Minnesota´s Iron Range to steel firms around the Great Lakes. The twenty-six-year-old watchman had, quite literally, missed the boat-which meant scrambling to rejoin the Morrell at its next stop or forfeiting a good chunk of his pay package. Seventy-two hours later, Hale would find himself clinging to a life raft alongside the frozen bodies of his crewmates in the violent waves of Lake Huron. The boat would not be reported missing for another twenty-seven hours and by the time the life raft was found, Dennis Hale would remain as the sole survivor of the wreck of the Daniel J. Morrell.This is life-and-death drama on the inland sea as only Michael Schumacher can tell it. In Torn in Two the great Lakes historian recreates the circumstances surrounding the terrible storm of November 29, 1966, that broke the mighty freighter in half, sending twenty-five of the Morrell´s twenty-nine-man crew to their deaths and consigning the surviving four to the freezing raft where all but Hale would perish. At the heart of Torn in Two are the terrible hours spent by Hale on the life raft with his crewmen, clinging to life for thirty-eight hours in freezing temperatures and wearing only a peacoat, life jacket, and boxer shorts. The fight to save Hale and find the others, the Coast Guard hearings into what happened, the discovery of the wreckage-Schumacher´s vivid narrative captures every harrowing detail and curious fact of the Morrell´s demise, finally doing justice to this epic shipwreck fifty years past.mehr

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KlappentextDennis Hale reached the dock just in time to see the Daniel J. Morrell heading out to open waters, a 600-foot freighter that had plied the waters for sixty years, carrying ore from Minnesota´s Iron Range to steel firms around the Great Lakes. The twenty-six-year-old watchman had, quite literally, missed the boat-which meant scrambling to rejoin the Morrell at its next stop or forfeiting a good chunk of his pay package. Seventy-two hours later, Hale would find himself clinging to a life raft alongside the frozen bodies of his crewmates in the violent waves of Lake Huron. The boat would not be reported missing for another twenty-seven hours and by the time the life raft was found, Dennis Hale would remain as the sole survivor of the wreck of the Daniel J. Morrell.This is life-and-death drama on the inland sea as only Michael Schumacher can tell it. In Torn in Two the great Lakes historian recreates the circumstances surrounding the terrible storm of November 29, 1966, that broke the mighty freighter in half, sending twenty-five of the Morrell´s twenty-nine-man crew to their deaths and consigning the surviving four to the freezing raft where all but Hale would perish. At the heart of Torn in Two are the terrible hours spent by Hale on the life raft with his crewmen, clinging to life for thirty-eight hours in freezing temperatures and wearing only a peacoat, life jacket, and boxer shorts. The fight to save Hale and find the others, the Coast Guard hearings into what happened, the discovery of the wreckage-Schumacher´s vivid narrative captures every harrowing detail and curious fact of the Morrell´s demise, finally doing justice to this epic shipwreck fifty years past.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-5179-0448-7
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
FormatTrade Paperback (USA)
Erscheinungsjahr2018
Erscheinungsdatum30.10.2018
Seiten200 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 140 mm, Höhe 221 mm, Dicke 13 mm
Gewicht272 g
Artikel-Nr.47515637
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
ContentsPrologue: Carelessness and Fate 1. Season of the Witch 2. Lost3. Gauntlets of Hope and Despair4. Public Autopsy: The Coast Guard HearingsAfterwordCrew of the Daniel J. MorrellGlossaryMarine Board of Investigation ReportSources and AcknowledgmentsIndexmehr

Autor

Michael Schumacher has published three previous books about the Great Lakes: Mighty Fitz, about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald; The Wreck of the Carl D., about the loss of the Carl D. Bradley; and November's Fury, an account of the Storm of 1913, the deadliest in Great Lakes history. Dharma Lion-his acclaimed biography of Allen Ginsberg-will be reprinted by the University of Minnesota Press in 2016. He recently edited The Essential Ginsberg and is currently writing an account of the 1968 presidential election, also to be published by Minnesota. He lives in Wisconsin.