It's been nearly 50 years since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior. The shipwreck is one of the most well-known in the world, yet so much is still unknown.

Twenty-nine men died in the wreck, which took place off Whitefish Point on Nov. 10, 1975. It was those 29 men who inspired Michigan author John U. Bacon to write his newest book.

"The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is being released on Tuesday, Oct. 7, just one month before the 50th anniversary of the shipwreck.

"I wanted to find out who these guys were, what their lives were like, who they were individually, what their families are like, what their family lives are like, what it's like to be on ship, what it's like to be on shore," Bacon said in an interview this week.

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