Great Lakes/Great Books is a monthly discussion group of books that have the Great Lakes as setting or subject matter. All are welcome, whether or not you have read the book. No registration is required.

This month's selection is  The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald  by John U. Bacon.

The biggest, best, and most profitable ship on the Great Lakes, the  Edmund Fitzgerald  sank on November 10, 1975, during the 'storm of the century.' Award-winning journalist John U. Bacon presents the definitive account of the disaster, drawing on more than 100 interviews with families, friends, and former crewmates of the 29 men aboard who went down with the ship.