So Terrible a Storm: A Tale of Fury on Lake Superior

“Not since Sebastian Junger in The  Perfect Storm has a writer captured so well the fury of the seas as  Curt Brown.” —The Maritime Executive

 
Through masterful research and elegant prose, Curt  Brown traces the devastating intersection of nature’s fury and corporate  greed. It was Thanksgiving week 1905, and the industry bosses wanted  one last run before the shipping season ended; the bottom line depended  on it. The tragedy that followed led to the building of Split Rock  Lighthouse—and went down in history as one of the nation’s worst  shipping disasters. The explosive squall caught nearly 30 vessels on  Lake Superior. In the  wake of the storm, weather forecasting and shipbuilding were forever  changed. Drawn from the accounts of witnesses and survivors, So Terrible a Storm is a must-read.