Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the sinking, Bacon’s book promises to be the most comprehensive account yet of ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Edmund James Fitzgerald comes from a long line of Edmund Fitzgeralds. His father was named James Edmund Fitzgerald, and his grandfather was Edmund McCarron Fitzgerald.

On November 10, 1975, the massive SS Edmund Fitzgerald set out across Lake Superior and vanished in one of the most chilling ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy” (Michigan State University Press, $29.95), uncovers more of ...

Author John U. Bacon would bet otherwise. Bacon grew up in Michigan and thought he knew the story, too, until he started researching the shipwreck for his new book, “The Gales of November: The Untold ...

MARQUETTE, Mich. — Spend enough time along the shores of Lake Superior and it won’t be long before there’s some reminder of what happened “when the gales of November came early.” This year marks the ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — Monday is the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior, marking a half-century of fascination with one of the most infamous nautical ...

According to the description on Barnes & Noble’s website, Bacon’s narrative is built on “more than 100 interviews with the families, friends, and former crewmates of those lost.” The author “draws on ...

News 8 is producing a series of stories that will be published in the days leading up to Nov. 10, the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It will culminate with a WOOD TV+ special ...