{"product_id":"9780816695218-torn-in-two","title":"Torn in Two: The Sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell and One Man's Survival on the Open Sea (Posthumanities","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell and One Man's Survival on the Open Sea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis Hale reached the dock just in time to see the \u003ci\u003eDaniel J. Morrell \u003c\/i\u003eheading out to open waters, a 600-foot freighter that had plied the waters for sixty years, carrying ore from Minnesota’s Iron Range to steel firms around the Great Lakes. The twenty-six-year-old watchman had, quite literally, missed the boat-which meant scrambling to rejoin the \u003ci\u003eMorrell\u003c\/i\u003e at its next stop or forfeiting a good chunk of his pay package. Seventy-two hours later, Hale would find himself clinging to a life raft alongside the frozen bodies of his crewmates in the violent waves of Lake Huron. The boat would not be reported missing for another twenty-seven hours and by the time the life raft was found, Dennis Hale would remain as the sole survivor of the wreck of the \u003ci\u003eDaniel J. Morrell\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is life-and-death drama on the inland sea as only Michael Schumacher can tell it. In \u003ci\u003eTorn in Two\u003c\/i\u003e the great Lakes historian recreates the circumstances surrounding the terrible storm of November 29, 1966, that broke the mighty freighter in half, sending twenty-five of the \u003ci\u003eMorrell\u003c\/i\u003e’s twenty-nine-man crew to their deaths and consigning the surviving four to the freezing raft where all but Hale would perish. At the heart of \u003ci\u003eTorn in Two\u003c\/i\u003e are the terrible hours spent by Hale on the life raft with his crewmen, clinging to life for thirty-eight hours in freezing temperatures and wearing only a peacoat, life jacket, and boxer shorts. The fight to save Hale and find the others, the Coast Guard hearings into what happened, the discovery of the wreckage-Schumacher’s vivid narrative captures every harrowing detail and curious fact of the \u003ci\u003eMorrell\u003c\/i\u003e’s demise, finally doing justice to this epic shipwreck fifty years past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40829796483169,"sku":"9780816695218","price":21.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38014917.jpg?v=1763606809","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780816695218-torn-in-two","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}