Wrecked links the story of Americas most infamous shipwreck to the story of an even larger disasterthe wreck of the American industrial economy. When the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in a Lake Superior storm on November 10, 1975, more was lost than the ship and the twenty-nine lives on board. The disaster was a human tragedy as well as an indictment of the American industrial policies that eventually cost the nation thousands of jobs and marooned hundreds of communities. Written with a passionate yet factually grounded intensity, Wrecked shows that the reasons for the decline of industrial manufacturing in the upper Midwest are linked to why the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, and to the legal turmoil that followed for the victims families. The book conveys the sense of loss that still is felt by those affected, along with the outrage over the disappearance of manufacturing jobs and the inadequate maintenance and legal maneuvering over liability for the sinking of the ship. What follows is a fascinating critique of what went wrong and why.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Nelson, Thomas M / Podair, Jerald
Title
Wrecked
Details
English text, paperback. 204 pages.
State
new
Subtitle
The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy
University of Michigan Press 4190 Shapiro Library, 919 S. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1185 Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
