Chicago's North Shore Shipwrecks [Paperback]

Mark S. Braun (Author)

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• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: Transportation Trails (October 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0933449186
• ISBN-13: 978-0933449183
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,723,456 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Overview of Chicago Maritime History, June 7, 2010

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I've owned this book since the mid 1990s and have often consulted it. It is a short paperback, but contains an amazing amount of info for its size. It provides excellent contextual historical detail on area wrecks and contains a particularly good account of the Lady Elgin disaster....in fact, one of the best accounts I have seen. It is the only place I've seen the original 1860 photo of the Elgin at the dock in Chicago published. The book doesn't delve into details about every area wreck, but concentrates on about a dozen of the best known. However, there is a more detailed listing of historical losses in an appendix at the end. The book is strictly a history book....sorry no info for divers. In short, this little book is still the definitive reference for accurate information on the shipwrecks between Chicago and Kenosha, even 20 years after publication. Despite the importance of this little book for area maritime history, I'm surprised at how few maritime historians are aware of it.