Great Lakes Freighter, Tanker, and Tugboat Disasters

A definitive chronicle of the maritime disasters that have claimed ships and lives across the treacherous waters of the Great Lakes. Drawing on historical records and survivor accounts, Wayne Louis Kadar brings these dramatic stories to vivid and sobering life.

Wayne “Skip” Kadar taught at the high school level for several years then became a high school principal. After retiring he worked as a harbormaster at a marina on the Great Lakes. Now, Skip spends time with his wife, Karen, at the family cottage outside Manistique, in Michigan’s beautiful Upper Peninsula, at their home in Harbor Beach, Michigan, on Lake Huron and winters in the Florida Keys.