Captain Dudley J. Paquette was an officer for 30 years with the Inland Steel Company.  He served as mate and captain on the Great Lakes ships.  By having already sailed into some treacherous seas, this weather-savvy captain was uniquely positioned to observe and report on the magnitude of the storm that sank the Fitzgerald.

The mystery of the Edmund Fitzgerald has haunted many for nearly 50 years.  What really happened to her and her crew of 29, in this storm of storms.  Frederick Stonehouse has studied the Fitzgerald mystery since the day she dove for the bottom of Lake Superior.  While there are no provable answers, his conclusions have evolved as more information gradually became available. Mr. Stonehouse has put forth every plausible theory and it's trail of evidence in such a manner that let's readers come up with their own conclusion.  Dimensions are 8.5" x 5.5" x .75" and 269 pages.