Strange Adventures Of The Great Lakes. By Dwight Boyer. Published by Freshwater Press, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio, 1974. Softcover. viii, 248 pages. Illustrated with 16 pages of historic black & white photos, plus maps. Book measures 8 ¼” x 5 ¼”.

A collection of twelve true adventures of ships and their crews on the Great Lakes. Well documented tales of rescues, disappearances and anecdotes of sailors and ships -- the schooner "Hunter Savidge", USS "Michigan", yacht "Gunilda, "Jupiter" and others. The Chapters are: Auf Wiedersehen Lieber Kapitan; Please Pass the Pancakes; The Matriarch of Misery Bay; Ma's Out There Somewhere; A Witches' Brew - The Devil's Harvest; The Wandering Ghost of the Great Lakes; The Reluctant Lady of McGarvey Shoal; To Hell With Her; A Cousin in Need is a Cousin Indeed; A Toast to the Brave Lifesh.er, Lifeshavers; Come Now, Mr Manchester, Keep Going; and Oddities and Odysseys; followed by an index.

CONDITION: Book is in near fine condition. Intact. Pages are clean & bright. No musty or loose pages. Covers are clean & solid. Covers display minor wear and a couple of creases. Not ex-library. From a smoke free home.

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