Mysteries and Histories: Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 295 pages
• Publisher: Avery Color Studios; 1st edition (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0932212921
• ISBN-13: 978-0932212924
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #235,217 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great book easy reading very knowledgeable author, October 30, 1999

By	Viola Lighthall ([e-mail]) (Kenney, Illinois) - See all my reviews

I throughly enjoyed this book. I have read several of this authors books and found them very hard to put down. He is good at finding the research and information about each of the boats he is writing about. I am looking forward to reading more of the books he has written. Great Book for anyone interested in the ship wrecks of the Great Lakes.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wes knows his stuff, November 25, 2002

By	Craig Rich "oldpirate80" (Holland, MI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

While researching a local shipwreck I found that Wes Oleszewski had already done all the work for me. This book is full of well-researched and well written stories about the men and the ships who were lost on the Great Lakes. Wes goes beyond the facts of the tragedy to get to the real stories -- the lives of the people who were lost. Wes' series is a must have for all serious Great Lakes shipwreck researchers.

2.0 out of 5 stars Historically correct, January 24, 2009

By	Judith A. Phillips "Great Lakes resident" (Chicago) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have no doubt that this book was well researched however it lacks feeling. It may be the nature of the book that causes this, as there is no real tale to tell unless there are survivors. Most of these disasters had no one left to spin the yarn of what occurred.