ANOTHER fun and easy to read book that i picked up on our trip around Lake Michigan is Strange & Unusual Shipwrecks by Wayne Louis Kadar.I could read books like this all day.
This is another fun volume with many chapters- each covering a different shipwreck of the Great Lakes. Many chapters are short but packed full of strange stories of tragedy.
One feature I really liked in this book is the small map at the start of each chapter. The mini map shows all of the Great Lakes with an x pinpointing the location of where the disaster occurred that is mentioned.
Kadar is a good story teller, and sometimes withholds a bit of information until the end of the story to give it a little extra wallop. For example, he doesn't mention the time period of one incident relating to alcohol found on a ship. At the very end of the story when he brings up the fact that it happened during Prohibition gives the story an even more interesting twist.
Other "Strange and Unusual" tales involve cattle influencing the sinking of a ship. Another involves drunk ducks (yes, you read that right). A very unusual event involves the remains of crew from one ship being found with life jackets from another ship.
Still, this isn't a spooky or supernatural type of book. All of the stories are factual and generally not too mysterious, but all are uncommon.
Pick this one up if you enjoy books about shipwrecks and strange stories. Kids or adults can enjoy this one.
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