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Books by Wes Oleszewski |
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Only 24 months after Wes Oleszewski’s first book, “Stormy Seas” appeared in bookstores around the Great Lakes region, the author’s second book was released. Titled “Sounds of Disaster”, this next book again took on the task of telling the forgotten tales of maritime adventures on the freshwater seas. This time a dozen obscure adventures were researched and placed into the form of historical narrative. Unlike his first book, however, the author now had some experience in researching and was able to dig up even more details on the adventures that are contained in the text. Additionally, Wes had the advice of famed Great Lakes author Fred Stonehouse on how to properly style his work and smooth the rough edges away. One noticeable improvement over the author’s previous work is a more complete bibliography section which allows the readers to re-trace the author’s original research. The result is a captivating book that documents the long lost Great Lakes adventures. |
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illustrate the text, the author and publisher used cleaner maps rather
than the hand-drawn versions found in “Stormy Seas”. Additionally,
Wes found that having a book in publication gave him the credibility
needed to access photos and archives that are normally closed to the
public. The consequence is that “Sounds of Disaster” presents a series
of vessel pictures that, at the time of publication, had not been
previously published. To add to the new look, the author also included
his own drawings of rare vessels when no photo was found to exist.
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Among the highlights in this text are the obscure stories of the long lost wooden steamer OSWEGATCHIE, and the sinking of the steel oreboat JAMES GAYLEY. In both cases, details that have been long forgotten are woven into the narrative. “Sounds of Disaster” is 136 pages long and illustrated with maps, drawings and photos. Buy this book now - Click Here |
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