New book sails into the unknown stories of the Edmund Fitzgerald

  • The cover of “Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    The cover of “Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS

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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…