title: Fitzgerald's Storm: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
author: Joseph MacInnis
description: Written by a man who explored the wreck site of the ship itself, Joseph MacInnis explores theories of the sinking, the history of the ship, and tells about his 1994 expedition of the Edmund Fitzgerald in this 144 page book. MacInnis also produced a television documentary about the ship, and was instrumental in research and other expeditions to the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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  ### THE SOUL OF NUMBER 13
  
  
  Scarcely had the Ithaca cleared the reef which lies almost across the mouth of
  the little harbor where she had been moored for so many months than the
  tempest broke upon her in all its terrific fury. Bududreen was no mean sailor,
  but he was short handed, nor is it reasonable to suppose that even with a full
  crew he could have weathered the terrific gale which beat down upon the
  hapless vessel. Buffeted by great waves, and stripped of every shred of canvas
  by the force of the mighty wind that howled about her, the Ithaca drifted a
  hopeless wreck soon after the storm struck her.
  
  
  Below deck the terrified girl clung desperately to a stanchion as the stricken
  ship lunged sickeningly before the hurricane. For half an hour the awful
  suspense endured, and then with a terrific crash the vessel struck, shivering
  and trembling from stem to ste