David G. Brown

White Hurricane

Buch

Brings history to life in a book as readable as any novel. --Good Old BoatOn Friday, November 7, 1913, after four days of winds up to 90 miles an hour, whiteout blizzard conditions, and mountainous seas, 19 ships had been lost on the great-lakes, 238 sailors were dead, and Cleveland was confronting the worst natural disaster in its history.David G. Brown combines narrative intensity with factual depth to re-create the perfect storm that struck America's heartland. Brown has created a vast epic ranging over Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie and echoing down the decades.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-07-143541-3
EAN: 9780071435413
Produktnummer: 9929757
Verlag: Intl Marine Publ
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Seitenangabe: 266 S.
Masse: H23.1 cm x B15.4 cm x D2.1 cm 413 g
Gewicht: 413

Über den Autor

David G. Brown holds a U.S. Coast Guard Master's License, 100 Gross Tons, with Commercial Assistance Towing and Auxiliary Sail endorsements. He has served as the captain of a high-speed ferry serving the Lake Erie islands from Port Clinton, Ohio. Brown is an instructor for North Coast Marine Services, a firm specializing in safety risk assessment, crew training and license instruction. He has also been employed as a boatbuilder and repairer, and for 17 years was a television news producer, writing and producing more than 1,500 hours of news/documentary scripts and receiving an Emmy award for his coverage of the Agent Orange story in 1979.