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Title: old beer
Review: I've read two books on the loss of the Fitzgerald: "Gales of November" published many years ago and now this one. With similar faults, both have failed. Each has lost an opportunity to tell a compelling tale. Schumacher's writing is stale and flat, using hackneyed conceits that just make me groan and squirm with discomfort. The book's organization is disjointed, poorly laid out in its narrative. I note as I read how many chances to make a narrative rich with detail were missed and how an awkward phrase could instead have been said with grace.With "Gales of November" full of factual error (e.g. confuses longitude and latitude) and poorly imagined, I am mystified why the author and publisher thought they had anything better to offer this time.This ship and its tragedy remain without the skilled and able storyteller it needs.
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