Ships and Shipwrecks: Stories From the Great Lakes by Richard Gebhart

 The Great Lakes seem to be an innocuous name for a set of lakes in the US, but these lakes are some of the most terrifying and destructive bodies of water in the world barring the oceans. Over the years, these lakes have wreaked havoc on ships and killed countless people and some of the things that have happened there are never going to be confirmed for sure because no one knows for sure. 

The Great Lakes are amazing and awe-inspiring but also terrifying and destructive. This book takes you through their history and what the people that explored and traveled on it risked. 

This is a book that you want to have a physical copy of in front of you when you read it. This is definitely a thick book and it is not one that you would want to read electronically. The fonts of this book really make it feel like a historical nautical book for some reason, but it also means that it is quite hard to read on a tablet, so be aware of that. 

I received this book free from NetGalley and Michigan State University Press and Greenstone Books to review and this is my honest review. 

Four out of five stars