Articles for tag: John U Bacon

50th Anniversary of Edmund Fitzgerald’s Sinking Commemorated by John U. Bacon’s “The Gales of November”

A three-part series In his forthcoming book The Gales of November, author John U. Bacon explores the unique, often underestimated dangers of the Great Lakes. While many view these inland seas as scenic and benign, Bacon’s work, set against the backdrop of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, presents the Great Lakes as a force of nature as formidable as ...