This is Part 1 of a 2-part episode covering the most famous wreck in the history of the Great Lakes - the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

Sources and further reading:

Hemming, Robert J. Gales of November. Contemporary Books, 1981.

Justice, Jacqueline. “Classical Tragedy and the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: Why the Legend Lives On.” The Journal of American Culture, vol. 36, no. 2, June 2013, pp. 88 - 98.

Marine Casualty Report, United States Coast Guard.  https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/CG-5PC/INV/docs/boards/edmundfitz.pdf

Schumacher, Michael. Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. University of Minnesota Press, 2012.

Stonehouse, Frederick. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Avery Color Studios, 1996. 

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