[NEohioPAL]PRESS RELEASE: Meet the Maritime Author at Cleveland Harbor

[Robert Catalano]

Meet the Maritime Author
October 4, 2004 - For Immediate Release

contact: Rob Catalano, Deputy Director
	    Telephone: (216) 574-9053	Fax: (216) 574-2536
	    E-mail: r.catalano at wgmather.org

The Great Lakes Historical Society of Vermilion and the Steamship William G.
Mather Museum of Cleveland invite Great Lakes maritime enthusiasts to “Meet 
the
Maritime Author” on Friday, November 4, at the Coast Guard Club of 
Cleveland.

Enjoy a buffet dinner and free parking while listening to current maritime
authors discuss their works.  You can also ask questions to explore their
knowledge of maritime lore.  Authors scheduled to appear and their 
highlighted
work include: Thomas O. Murphy of Chagrin Falls, Ohio “Steamer Edmund
Fitzgerald: The Mystique and Its Evolution,”  Paul Somers of Champagne, 
Illinois
“Lake Michigan's Aircraft Carriers,”  David G. Brown of Port Clinton, Ohio
“White Hurricane - A Great Lakes November Gale and America’s Deadliest 
Maritime
Disaster,” and Michael J. Bennett of University Heights, Ohio “Union Jacks:
Yankee Sailors in the Civil War.”

Reservations are required by October 29.  Call (440) 967-3467 ext. 5 in the
Vermilion area or (800) 893-1485 ext. 5.  Payment methods include: Visa, 
Master
Card, Discovery, and American Express.  The cost is $20 for Museum Members 
and
$25 for General Public.  A Cash bar is available.  Any proceeds benefit The
Great Lakes Historical Society in Vermilion (www.inlandseas.org) and the SS
William G. Mather Museum in Cleveland (www.wgmather.org).

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Rob Catalano, Deputy Director
Steamship William G. Mather Museum
1001 E. 9th Street Pier
Cleveland, OH 44114
Ph. 216-574-9053
Fax: 216-574-2536
E-mail: r.catalano at wgmather.org
Website: www.wgmather.org