{"product_id":"torn-in-two-michael-schumacher-9781517904487","title":"Torn in Two: The Sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell and One Man's Survival on the Open Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eDennis Hale reached the dock just in time to see the \u003ci\u003eDaniel J. Morrell \u003c\/i\u003eheading out to open waters, a 600-foot freighter that had plied the waters for sixty years, carrying ore from Minnesota's Iron Range to steel firms around the Great Lakes. The twenty-six-year-old watchman had, quite literally, missed the boat--which meant scrambling to rejoin the \u003ci\u003eMorrell\u003c\/i\u003e at its next stop or forfeiting a good chunk of his pay package. Seventy-two hours later, Hale would find himself clinging to a life raft alongside the frozen bodies of his crewmates in the violent waves of Lake Huron. The boat would not be reported missing for another twenty-seven hours and by the time the life raft was found, Dennis Hale would remain as the sole survivor of the wreck of the \u003ci\u003eDaniel J. Morrell\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is life-and-death drama on the inland sea as only Michael Schumacher can tell it. In \u003ci\u003eTorn in Two\u003c\/i\u003e the great Lakes historian recreates the circumstances surrounding the terrible storm of November 29, 1966, that broke the mighty freighter in half, sending twenty-five of the \u003ci\u003eMorrell\u003c\/i\u003e's twenty-nine-man crew to their deaths and consigning the surviving four to the freezing raft where all but Hale would perish. At the heart of \u003ci\u003eTorn in Two\u003c\/i\u003e are the terrible hours spent by Hale on the life raft with his crewmen, clinging to life for thirty-eight hours in freezing temperatures and wearing only a peacoat, life jacket, and boxer shorts. The fight to save Hale and find the others, the Coast Guard hearings into what happened, the discovery of the wreckage--Schumacher's vivid narrative captures every harrowing detail and curious fact of the \u003ci\u003eMorrell\u003c\/i\u003e's demise, finally doing justice to this epic shipwreck fifty years past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Schumacher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 151790448X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517904487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Michael Schumacher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940065870079,"sku":"9781517904487","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_cf4e031b-5a18-43fe-944e-6f1368751c31.jpg?v=1681445088","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/torn-in-two-michael-schumacher-9781517904487","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}