Howling Winds

Mascots were fairly common on Great Lakes ships, and the animal of choice was a dog. Ric Mixter chronicles some of the most famous storms and the canines that made it through, including the LC Waldo's bulldog in the 1913 Storm, and the pets of the captain and cook that rode twenty miles in a lifeboat with gold medal lifesavers from Charlotte, New York. Soogie, the Coast Guard dog, rode through the same storm that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald! The recent discovery of the Huronton also brings to the surface the legend of the ship's dog by a man who survived over a dozen shipwrecks. Chapters Include: Soogie and the Edmund Fitzgerald Tony & The 1913 Storm (Lifesaver Rescue of the LC Waldo) Schuster & Black Friday 1916(SS Marshall Butter's dog) Stampede's Reluctuant Rescuer(Chicago's cowardly dog) Rescued from Huronton's Galley(Richard Simpell's 10th shipwreck and rescue of his bulldog) Rough Rolls the Chicora(Fake news story of one of Lake Michigan's biggest mysteries) Amazon's Last CrewmanGrand Haven history and Amazon wreck A Twenty Mile Row to the Noyes(Capt Gray and the Charlotte, NY Lifesaving crew) Baltic's Beer Run(History of Canadian Barley and a run to New York) Metropolis' Super Dog(Atlantic coast shipwreck bound for the wilds of the Amazon River) Tracy Jumps Chicago's Breakwall( Story of a schooner that jumped the break wall at Chicago) AA Parker Spares Doggie Duo(Lake Superior shipwreck and the back story of one of Detroit's biggest shipowners) Kirby's Mystery Mutt(Lake Superior story of a dog that came ashore on wreckage) Pacific: A Hard Looking Wreck(History of the lumber industry in Michigan's Upper Peninsula) Meemee & Dr. Houghton(Tragic ending to Michigan's most famous doctor and geologist) Fake News on the Dean Richmond("Survivor" and his quest to find his dog on the most famous treasure ship in Lake Erie) No Room in the LIfeboat(Philadelphia and Albany- dogs left howling on deck) Margaret Muir(recent discovery of a ship carrying table salt to Wisconsin)