Lake Effect: A Deckhand's Journey on the Great Lakes Freighters

by Richard Hill

Overview

A deckhand's coming-of-age story of sailing the Great Lakes steamboats during the social and political turbulence of the early 1970s, "Lake Effect" is a vivid and memorable account, told in an entertaining narrative style, of life aboard the giant ore boats.

In the early 1970s, Rich Hill sailed on four different US Steel freighters as a deckhand and deckwatch. Ten years later, he enrolled in the Great Lakes Maritime Academy as a deck cadet and sailed on the 1000-foot "Columbia Star." This humorous yet poignant memoir follows his voyage of self-discovery.

Come along for the journey!

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013476301
Publisher:	Gale Force Press
Publication date:	12/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	605,523
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Rich Hill grew up in Sault Ste.Marie in Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula. He lives along the southeastern shores of Lake Superior with his wife, two college-age sons and a cocker spaniel named Maxwell. In his free time, he works on his log house, jams with fellow musicians (drums), reads, kayaks, shovels snow, and plays pickup basketball. A member of the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA), he is also the author of "Hitchhiking After Dark: Offbeat Stories from a Small Town."

Editorial Reviews

"...author Richard Hill takes his readers on an informed and informative journey into the daily life and work of a freighter ship deckhand ...intelligent and candid memoir ...smart, humorous, delightfully detailed ..."

Tonya Thul-Theis

"Richard Hill has captured a way of life and a piece of time in 'Lake Effect' ...Take the journey ...You won't be disappointed."

Tyler Tichelaar

“A tremendous read, a unique glimpse into the soul of a Great Lakes sailor. . . . Lake Effect is a must for every Great Lakes reader’s bookshelf. . . . goes far beyond the ‘normal’ Great Lakes book. It takes a very rare look at what makes the sailors tick, why they follow the lakes as a career, for better and worse.”

Frederick Stonehouse

“Lake Effect is an intelligent, funny, irreverent look at life on the ‘Boats.’ Hill gives us a peek into a way of life that reached its heyday in the mid-to-latter portion of the 20th century. His thoughtful writing also brings us back to a time full of promise, hope and disillusionment. Lake Effect should be in the collection of anyone who loves the Great Lakes.”

Karl Bohnak