November's Fury : The Deadly Great Lakes Hurricane of 1913 (Paperback)

from Shrike58

It was not my intention to read this book on basically the anniversary of the event in question (having had this book on various TBR lists for about five years), but I found this to be great accounting of another "perfect storm," which devastated the Great Lakes at the time. Schumacher's focus is...

from lostinalibrary

"If ever there was a 'perfect storm' on the Great Lakes, it would be the one that pounded the lakes from November 7 through November 10, 1913, leaving a wake of destruction unlike anything ever seen on fresh water at any point in recorded history. By the time the storm had blown out of the region...

from Jacobflaws

Could have really told the story with some umph, but lot of repetitive words and phrases such as "never to be seen again." Interesting topic, lack of execution in the writing.

from RandyStafford

One hundred years ago as I write this, the most destructive storm in Great Lakes' history began its attack on the area. It was hardly the first or most famous storm to wrack the area. Explorer Rene-Robert Sieur de LaSalle constructed the first European boat to sail Lake Huron and lost it in a sto...

from RandyStafford

One hundred years ago as I write this, the most destructive storm in Great Lakes' history began its attack on the area. It was hardly the first or most famous storm to wrack the area. Explorer Rene-Robert Sieur de LaSalle constructed the first European boat to sail Lake Huron and lost it in a sto...