Further Details Title: Torn in Two Condition: New Format: Hardback Subtitle: The Sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell and One Man's Survival on the Open Sea ISBN-10: 0816695210 EAN: 9780816695218 ISBN: 9780816695218 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press Release Date: 08/29/2016 Description: Dennis Hale reached the dock just in time to see the Daniel J. Morrell heading out to open waters, a 600-foot freighter that had plied the waters for sixty years, carrying ore from Minnesota’s Iron Range to steel firms around the Great Lakes. The twenty-six-year-old watchman had, quite literally, missed the boat—which meant scrambling to rejoin the Morrell at its next stop or forfeiting a good chunk of his pay package. Seventy-two hours later, Hale would find himself clinging to a life raft alongside the frozen bodies of his crewmates in the violent waves of Lake Huron. The boat would not be reported missing for another twenty-seven hours and by the time the life raft was found, Dennis Hale would remain as the sole survivor of the wreck of the Daniel J. Morrell . This is life-and-death drama on the inland sea as only Michael Schumacher can tell it. In Torn in Two the great Lakes historian recreates the circumstances surrounding the terrible storm of November 29, 1966, that broke the mighty freighter in half, sending twenty-five of the Morrell ’s twenty-nine-man crew to their deaths and consigning the surviving four to the freezing raft where all but Hale would perish. At the heart of Torn in Two are the terrible hours spent by Hale on the life raft with his crewmen, clinging to life for thirty-eight hours in freezing temperatures and wearing only a peacoat, life jacket, and boxer shorts. The fight to save Hale and find the others, the Coast Guard hearings into what happened, the discovery of the wreckage—Schumacher’s vivid narrative captures every harrowing detail and curious fact of the Morrell ’s demise, finally doing justice to this epic shipwreck fifty years past. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Item Width: 25mm Author: Michael Schumacher Genre: History Topic: Home Garden & Pets Type: United States Release Year: 2016 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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- Author: Michael Schumacher
- Book Title: Torn in Two : the Sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell and One Man's Survival on the Open Sea
- Country/Region of Manufacture: US
- EAN: 9780816695218
- Format: Hardcover
- Genre: Transportation, History
- ISBN: 9780816695218
- ISBN-10: 0816695210
- Illustrator: Yes
- Item Height: 1 in
- Item Length: 9 in
- Item Weight: 14.5 Oz
- Item Width: 6 in
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 200 Pages
- Publication Name: Torn in Two
- Publication Year: 2016
- Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
- Release Date: 08/29/2016
- Release Year: 2016
- Subtitle: The Sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell and One Man's Survival on th
- Title: Torn in Two
- Topic: United States / 20th Century, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Maritime History & Piracy, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
- Type: United States
- gtin13: 9780816695218