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Discovering the identity of the craft was quite another, and kursons account of how the divers determined which uboat it wasuntil they did, they were calling it the uwhoand why it ended up not far from the new york docks adds sizzle for those readers who are less interested in the minutiae of oceanfloor exploration than in good old. Ebocker i epubformat ar anpassade for att lasas pa mobila enheter, t ex lasplattor och telefoner. Now granted, i have not read many books on wreckdiving andor the hunt for submerged wrecks, but it immediately seems to me from the accolades it has received and the technical exposition within that it could be what wolfes the right stuff is to the early space program, what melvilles moby dick is to whaling, or what masons. The true adventure of two americans who risked everything to solve one of the last mysteries of world war ii kindle edition by kurson, robert.
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Extraordinarily well written, extraordinarily well. In his critically acclaimed bestseller shadow divers, robert kurson explored the depths of history, friendship, and compulsion. Rocket men public library of cincinnati and hamilton county. Robert kurson is the author of the runaway bestseller shadow divers, crashing through, and pirate hunters.
In the tradition of jon krakauersinto thin airand sebastian jungersthe perfect stormcomes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mysteryand make history themselves. Just as on the titanic, it is u869s ghosts that do not let her sleep, crying out of the depths for their story to be told. This edition includes an excerpt from robert kurson s pirate hunters. The story of shadow divers often seems too amazing to be true, but it all happened. Shadow divers by robert kurson penguin random house canada. The true adventure of two americans who risked everything to solve one of the last mysteries of world war ii, shadow divers, robert kurson, random house. Not only is the story itself fascinating, this book is an amazing example of undeterred perseverance and determination. They soon found that there were no official records listing a sunken sub at that location and set.
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