Jimmy Mac sits down with author John U Bacon to talk about his new book, THE GALES OF NOVEMBER, and the full story behind the Edmund Fitzgerald. John explains why Great Lakes shipping shaped the country, how the Fitzgerald set records across the lakes, and what made the 1975 storm so violent. He walks you through the final hours of the ship, the unanswered questions that still surround the sinking, and the impact on the families who lost loved ones.

You hear how John researched the book through more than 100 interviews, how he approached the technical details of the ship, and how the wreck shaped culture through Gordon Lightfoot’s song.

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