New book sails into the unknown political, legal stories of the Edmund Fitzgerald

New book sails into the unknown political, legal stories of the Edmund Fitzgerald
New book sails into the unknown political, legal stories of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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Anew book, “Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy” (Michigan State University Press, $29.95), uncovers more of the political and legal aspects of the legendary Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck.

Thomas Nelson, a Wisconsin public administrator and one of the authors of the book, said that while the Edmund Fitzgerland’s story is well known, there is more context behi…