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Books by Wes Oleszewski |
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Third in the series of Great Lakes
maritime books to be produced by author Wes Oleszewski is “Ice Water
Museum”. Released by Avery in 1993 the book contains 10 true
stories of obscure maritime adventures and shipwrecks, but runs 180
pages long, making it the author’s longest work as of its publication.
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| “Ice Water Museum” not only shows the author’s increasing skill at researching, but is a production in which the author’s story telling ability also is seen to greatly improve. Each story captivates and transports the reader to another place and another time then makes them a part of a thrilling shipwreck. Stories in eras from as early as 1856 to as recent as 1992 are contained in the text. | |
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 Highlights
include the readers being taken along with research divers Pat Stayer
and Tim Juhl as they descend onto the a mystery wreck in the cold
depths of Lake Huron and the detective work that followed in order
to uncover the lost boat’s identity. In an additional highlight the
book later gives the reader a first-hand account of the author’s trip
aboard a modern Great Lakes freighter in December of 1992. It is the
author’s opinion, however, that every story in this book is a terrific
one, and to this day he feels that “Ice Water Museum” is his favorite
piece of work. |
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This
book includes a half dozen of the author’s own drawings of historic
vessels for which no known photo exists as well as a fascinating
archeological drawing by Pat Stayer of the wreck of the wooden steamer
NEW YORK as it appears on the bottom of Lake Huron. Additionally,
there are maps of sites in which some of the stories take place
which allow the reader to better understand the circumstances of
the events. Photos of vessels, as always, are heavily weighted in
the direction of those never before published, so even the most
rabid Great Lakes vessel buff will find something new in the “Ice
Water Museum”.
