As a child, Thomas Nelson became fascinated by the Edmund Fitzgerald after seeing one of its lifeboats in a museum. As an adult and elected official, he realized that the Edmund Fitzgerald was more than a maritime tragedy, it was a chapter in America’s story of deindustrialization. This realization led him to write Wrecked: The Edmund Fitzgerald and the Sinking of the American Economy.
Watch our full conversation with Nelson on the Great Lakes Now YouTube channel.
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