Lake Superior Shipwrecks : Complete Reference to Maritime Accidents and Disasters

by Julius F. Wolff Jr., Thomas Holden (Editor)

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304 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1990

About the author

From his obituary in the Duluth News Tribune: "Ret. Col. Dr. Julius Fredrick 'Fred' Wolff Jr., 89, died of natural causes, Friday, July 13, 2007 in Duluth. He was born on March 1, 1918 in Duluth to Julius and Margaret (Maney) Wolff. Fred was an author, historian, lecturer, professor and mentor. He graduated from Duluth Cathedral in 1935, and attended Duluth Junior College from 1936 to 1937. He graduated from The University of Notre Dame in 1940. He enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army in March of 1942, and remained on active duty until 1946. During that period he went to Officers' Candidate School and was assigned to Quartermaster duties on Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska during World War II. He served three years on Attu Island and then returned to the States and went to advanced quartermaster school and command and General State School at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. He was a Captain when he left the Army and remained in the reserves until 1975, retiring as a full Colonel. Fred returned to Duluth in 1946, and enrolled in graduate school at the University of Minnesota Minneapolis. He earned his Master's Degree in 1947 and his Doctorate in Public Administration in 1949. He then returned to Duluth as a political science professor and went to work at the University of Minnesota Duluth. He taught there for 37 years until his retirement in 1986. In his spare time, Fred was a Scoutmaster in Duluth for more than 20 years. Fred was an avid fisherman and hunter. He knew the woods, lakes and streams like the back of his hand. He enjoyed taking kids canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. He loved to teach kids how to fish and hunt. Dozens of kids benefited from their experiences with Fred throughout the years. When Fred wasn't in the woods, he was researching Lake Superior shipwrecks and traveling around the lake to give lectures about his findings. He wrote a book titled 'Lake Superior Shipwrecks' in 1979"

Reviews

[Jim Leman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A couple of centuries' accounting of ore, grain and lumber haulers on Lake Superior and the weather and bad decision factors that led to their troubles, trials, and sinkings and losses of life. Buuuuurrrr that water is always so cold!

[Andrew Slade · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitive and absolutely essential reference book. This one is always within arms' reach as I write and learn about Lake Superior.