John U. Bacon

We remember the disaster because of the song by Gordon Lightfoot.

But it was one of thousands suffered by crews transporting lumber, limestone, and other goods across Lake Superior.

A new best-selling book by John U. Bacon called The Gales of November tells the stories of the sailors.

Safety standards have tightened since the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

No other freighters have sunk on the Great Lakes in the past 50 years.

Netta Ulibi, NPR News.