Book Information
- Series: Amazing Stories
- Imprint: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Publication Date: 3 February 2011
- Copyright Year: 2011
- ISBN: 9781552774922
- Page Count: 136
- Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"
- Interest ages: 11-18
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Digital (ePub)
9781552777886
$12.99 CAD
Paperback
9781552774922
$9.95 CAD
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Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes
Tales of courage -- and cowardice
by Cheryl MacDonald
Great adventures, exciting tales of disaster on the Great Lakes.
We all know that ships have been lost on the oceans but how many of us are aware that over 6,000 ships have gone to a watery grave on Canada's Great Lakes? Cheryl MacDonald's new book recounts the the most unforgettable disasters on the Great Lakese from the sinking of LaSalle's Frontenac in 1678 to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975.
About the Author
![Cheryl MacDonald](https://formaclorimerbooks.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/macdonald-cheryl.jpg)
Cheryl holds history degrees from the University of Waterloo and McMaster University and is currently pursuing graduate studies. A grandmother of two, she lives on a large rural property close to Lake Erie about 90 minutes west of Niagara Falls, Ontario.
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