Books

Ok, I am going to start recording the books I am reading.
I just finished Lighthouse Adventures: Heroes, Haunts & Havoc on the Great Lakes
by Wes Oleszewski. Which was pretty good, and had some interesting stories.. but after a while they all become very much alike and somewhat depressing.. There is always a story.. the small boat overturns and people die in the cold water... sigh... What I really want to read is about the everyday life on a lighthouse... some of these places were incredibly small and very isolated. What was that like.. I'll keep looking there must be something.
I am also reading Dennis Hale's book.. He is the sole survivor of the 1966 sinking of the Laker Daniel J Morrell. This was the last great boat lost in the Great Lakes before the Fitzgerald. I had never heard of it before, but there was some mention of it in other books. I recognized the name.. of the man the boat was named after. Daniel J Morrell was the head of the Cambria Iron Company of Johnstown PA.. the one my great grandfather worked at. I have actually visited Morrell's grave. He is in the same cemetery (Grandview) as my grandparents and great grandparents.
So anyways the Morrel (the boat) broke in 2 during a storm.. quite a feat for a 600+ foot Laker.. Hale wearing only boxers and a pea coat and he survived for 38 hours in late November during a snow storm. Amazing that he lived... but his 28 shipmates did not.