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Life on the Great Lakes: A Wheelsman's Story

By Fred W. Dutton, William Donohue Ellis (Editor)
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By Fred W. Dutton, William Donohue Ellis (Editor)
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Fred Dutton’s fascinating account captures the flavor of working on Great Lakes ships in the early twentieth century.

Fred Dutton's story tells of the time before the gyro when ships were steered by magnetic compass and men had to estimate the degree of error in navigational calculations. Dutton recounts the terror of ships meeting and passing in the fog and the subtleties of handling ships at the docks. Serving under many captains on a dozen and a half vessels, he spices his account with pr...

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