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John U. Bacon, best-selling author of ‘The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald,’ joins John Williams to talk about the history of the ship Edmund Fitzgerald, why the man Edmund Fitzgerald didn’t want the ship to be named after him, the magnificence of the ship, what the Great Lakes were like during the time, how the Edmund Fitzgerald was designed, how many shipwrecks happened on the Great Lakes, the make-up of the crew, what the day was like when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, how bad the weather eventually got, and how sailing has changed since the sinking of the ship.
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John U. Bacon, best-selling author of ‘The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald,’ joins John Williams to talk about the history of the ship Edmund Fitzgerald, why the man Edmund Fitzgerald didn’t want the ship to be named after him, the magnificence of the ship, what the Great Lakes were like during the time, how the Edmund Fitzgerald was designed, how many shipwrecks happened on the Great Lakes, the make-up of the crew, what the day was like when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank, how bad the weather eventually got, and how sailing has changed since the sinking of the ship.

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