Tammy Lash’s Reviews > The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald > Status Update

Aunt Ruth herself said it best when she observed, "Only thirty know what happened: twenty -nine men and God."

But they're not talking, so the rest of us are just guessing.

John U. Bacon

😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔

.... bawling.....and the Fitz hasn't even wrecked yet. 😭💔 Bacon, you posses a talent I wish I could bottle up and consume 💔

I can NOT remember a time when I have been so geeked out and so invested in a book. Any book. Fiction or non. If HBO could please make Bacon's book into the visual masterpiece it is in my mind, my world would be rocked. HBOs Chernobyl comes to mind when I think of the Fitz becoming an incredible series.

This is the most engaging, refreshing read. I am throughly loving this book. The men of the Fitz are colorful and astounding and I would love to meet them all.

This book is my top read of 2026 so far. I love the author's conversational writing as well as the documentary feel to this book. I appreciate the authors's careful and respectful reveal of the facts about people behind the famous ship: the captains, ship builders, steelworkers, welders, crewmen, the ship itself, the weather, and Gitchi-gami. Spellbinding work!