CLEVELAND, Ohio — On November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared into the icy waters of Lake Superior with 29 men aboard — including crew from Northeast Ohio.

Nearly half a century later, the mystery still grips us. With “The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald” (Liveright/W. W. Norton & Company), set for release Oct. 7, author John U. Bacon delivers what feels like the definitive account— part history, part investigation, part elegy.

Bacon is best known for his writing on sports and leadership, but in taking on the Fitz, the Michigander found a story with universal resonance.

“Before it went down, people don’t realize this, it was the most popular ship in the Great Lakes ,” he told cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer in an interview. “Even after bi

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