The Gales of November Quotes

“There's a port on a western bay
and it serve 100 ships a day
Lonely sailors pass the time away
And talk about their homes.

There's a girl in this harbour town
And she works laying whiskey down
They say, "Brandy, fetch another round"
She serves them whiskey and wine,

The sailors say, Brandy, you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life, my love, and my lady is the sea”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“None of us wanted a life on the lakes”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“Alexis de Tocqueville noticed this American phenomenon almost two hundred years ago. “As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans,” he wrote”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“The Detroit News called it “the biggest object ever dropped into fresh water.”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“The Detroit News announced”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“So how would you know if the water’s deep enough?” former Arthur M. Anderson second engineer Rick Barthuli asks. “Well”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“Surprisingly”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“Like a giraffe’s neck”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“They would design the ship to carry as much cargo as possible”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“When it comes to hauling goods”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“Compared to its industrial-city peers”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“The car was king”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“the main concern at GM was not the competition”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“Thanks to Rockefeller’s transformation of the Iron Range”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“The northern country’s short summers create tight tree rings”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“But perhaps the canal’s biggest beneficiaries were Midwest farmers and their customers. Once farmers could get their crops to the East Coast”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“They called it the Storm of the Century. But the 1913 “White Hurricane” would hold that title for only sixty-two years and three days”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“Injured people who had found their way to a hospital had to take their chances with surgeons operating under candlelight and without water. Those fortunate enough to find a local saloon”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“The Plymouth’s captain opted to anchor off St. Martin Island near Death’s Door”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“The temperature of the Great Lakes always trails the temperature of the air. In spring that disparity generally keeps the lakes stable; the cooler water stays put. By August both air and water warm up”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“Between 1875 and 1975 alone”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“A Great Lakes shipping company won’t let you near the pilothouse”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“When the salty captains first come on the Great Lakes they say”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“For all these reasons”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“With no salt in the water”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“many ships making late-season runs have to smash through thick sheets of white”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“On the Great Lakes big ships like that don’t ride like a boat”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“Weather on the Great Lakes ranks among the world’s most erratic. You can be enjoying a peaceful morning fishing in calm”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“After sagging between two waves”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

“That problem produces more problems. On the Great Lakes a ship that long can impale its bow in one wave”
― John U. Bacon, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald