51st Anniversary of the Wreck of the Carl D Bradley
Author Michael Schumacher on left with Steve Elve. Elve acquired an original lifesaving ring from the Carl D. Bradley.
Last night the Vander Veen Center for the Book hosted Michael Schumacher, author of The Wreck Of the Carl D: A True Story of Loss, Survival and Rescue at Sea. November 18th was the 51st anniversary of the tragedy of this lost ship in Lake Michigan. Schumacher did an excellent program and was very sensitive to the loss of life as he conducted interviews with the families of the deceased men as he gathered material for the book. Many fans of maritime history attended the program, including a widow of one of the men lost and John Milhaupt, who was a photographer for the Grand Rapids Herald in 1958, and was sent to Charlevoix to document the story.
Filed under: Books, Movies, Music, Event
Tags: Carl D. Bradley, Great Lakes maritime history, shipwrecks
by Chris on
November 19, 2009
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