Mr. Boyer tells a lively story and weaves his interest throughout this work. The tragedies of days gone by are beautifully written in this highly entertaining book.

As one who enjoys sailing on Lake Erie as often as possible, I can only hope I never succumb to the horrors of those since past! These stories are both captivating and thought provoking.

Dwight brings the history of Great Lakes shipping to life in this book. His reseach has uncovered many long-forgotten adventures and tragedies of an earlier era. The author is also a great story teller, so the reading is entertaining aswell as being historically based.

This is just the type of book that one who thinks of dark storms and waves of fury on the Great Lakes would like to read. This book is chock full of stories of shipwrecks and items of less seriousness. Dwight Boyer's books are truly one of the greatest achievements when it comes to the publication of great lakes lore, and this book is no exception. Enjoy the book!

Dwight Boyer's "Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes" is almost a classic of Great Lakes literature. The author, a longtime Cleveland, Ohio, journalist, had many friends in Great Lakes shipping and was able to draw upon his numerous contacts to produce a series of works that carry with them the smell and sight and sound of the Great Lakes.

"Ghost Ships" is written as a series of article-length stories about Great Lakes cargo vessels that met disaster - in some cases, disaster so complete that no one was left alive to tell the tale of how the boat went down. Boyer expertly combines contemporary evidence, in many cases gathered from local news stories, to develop believeable theories as to how these "ghost ships" met their end.

Some readers may be troubled by Boyer's ability to guess what happened and his ability to blend fact and fiction together to create his tales. However, all of his stories are firmly grounded (if I can use this word when writing about the water) and the man knew more than any living person how these disasters happened. Modern technology has lowered the probability of great disasters on the Great Lakes, and as of the Year 2000 there have been no "ghost ships" for the past 25 years. Long may it so continue. In the meantime, we have Boyer's fine book.