Description

By Wes Oleszewski

This is a book of the true adventures aboard Great Lakes vessels. Every story details an actual event. Every name is that of a real person who was caught up in the wrecks, rescues and sometimes just everyday adventures on the fresh water seas. Nothing contained in this book is fictional. These thrilling adventures are all a part of Great Lakes maritime history and are told as they actually happened.

Within these pages you will find a time machine as the author transports you to the deck of the lakers and into the storms and fury of the lakes.  You will find your feet walking the deck timbers of vessels gone by and you will feel the icy wind and sleet stinging your face from storms of long ago. You will take a ride aboard a modern Great Lakes freighter in December of 1992 and at the same time learn a detailed history of grain handling on the lakes. Your adventure will also take you to the sites of forgotten shipwrecks and you will learn of the bones of wooden freighters that rest today along the same beaches that you may be strolling upon. Come with us and discover the wrecks and learn of the rescues of the fresh water seas