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In the tradition of Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mysteryand make history themselves. For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a sport. Testing themselves against treacherous currents, braving depths that induced hallucinatory effects, navigating through wreckage as perilous as a minefield, they pushed themselves to their limits and beyond, brushing against death more than once in the rusting hulks of sunken ships. But in the fall of 1991, not even these courageous divers were prepared for what they found 230 feet below the surface, in the frigid Atlantic waters sixty miles off the coast of New Jersey: a World War II German U-boat, its ruined interior a macabre wasteland of twisted metal, tangled wires, and human bonesall buried under decades of accumulated sediment. No identifying marks were visible on the submarine or the few artifacts brought to the surface. No historian, expert, or government had a clue as to which U-boat the men had found. In fact, the official records all agreed that there simply could not be a sunken U-boat and crew at that location. Over the next six years, an elite team of divers embarked on a quest to solve the mystery. Some of them would not live to see its end. Chatterton and Kohler, at first bitter rivals, would be drawn into a friendship that deepened to an almost mystical sense of brotherhood with each other and with the drowned U-boat sailorsformer enemies of their country. As the men's marriages frayed under the pressure of a shared obsession, their dives grew more daring, and each realized that he was hunting more than the identities of a lost U-boat and its nameless crew. Author Robert Kurson's account of this quest is at once thrilling and emotionally complex, and it is written with a vivid sense of what divers actually experience when they meet the dangers of the ocean's underworld. The story of Shadow Divers often seems too amazing to be true, but it all happened, two hundred thirty feet down, in the deep blue sea.Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100375508589
ISBN-139780375508585
eBay Product ID (ePID)5944308
Product Key Features
Publication Year2004
TopicArchaeology, Military / World War II, Military / Naval, Scuba & Snorkeling, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Ships & Shipbuilding / Submarines, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other)
Book TitleShadow Divers : The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
LanguageEnglish
GenreTransportation, Sports & Recreation, History, Social Science
AuthorRobert Kurson
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3in.
Item Length9.6in.
Item Weight23.3 Oz
Item Width6.9in.
Additional Product Features
LCCN2003-060362
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"An engrossing saga of the suspenseful, intriguing, and dangerous underwater investigation of a Mystery U-boat." CLIVE CUSSLER "Robert Kurson's Shadow Divers , about the divers exploring a sunken shipwreck off the New Jersey coast, is a gripping account of real-life adventurers and a real-life mystery. In addition to being compellingly readable on every page, the book offers a unique window on the deep, almost reckless nature of the human quest to know." SCOTT TUROW, author of Reversible Errors "A tremendously suspenseful story of discovery that comes as close as any book could to providing the reader with approximate sensations of deep sea diving and of life on a submarine at war, and that leaves us with a hell of an impression of the grit, guts, and compassion of a U-boat crew and the two American divers who risked everything to solve the mystery of their last mission." JOHN MCCAIN, author of Faith of My Fathers and Why Courage Matters "Robert Kurson's status as an undiscovered pleasure among Chicago readers is about to change, I suspect, in a hurry. Shadow Divers is so culturally astute and terrifyingly suspenseful that it should reach the sort of audience John Berendt, Susan Orlean, Jon Krakauer and Laura Hillenbrand have recently earned. Kurson's new focus is the larger historical world--a world of U-Boats, forensics and lung-crushing pressure--and his prose is, as always, plain gorgeous." JAMES MCMANUS, author of Positively Fifth Street "A winning tale exceedingly well told, Shadow Divers takes us on a dangerous and seemingly quixotic descent into the murkand then, in a fog of nitrogen narcosis, brings us back to the surface with a richer, fuller fathoming of a history we only thought we knew." HAMPTON SIDES, author of Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission From the Hardcover edition., "An engrossing saga of the suspenseful, intriguing, and dangerous underwater investigation of a Mystery U-boat." CLIVE CUSSLER "Robert Kurson's Shadow Divers , about the divers exploring a sunken shipwreck off the New Jersey coast, is a gripping account of real-life adventurers and a real-life mystery. In addition to being compellingly readable on every page, the book offers a unique window on the deep, almost reckless nature of the human quest to know." SCOTT TUROW, author of Reversible Errors "A tremendously suspenseful story of discovery that comes as close as any book could to providing the reader with approximate sensations of deep sea diving and of life on a submarine at war, and that leaves us with a hell of an impression of the grit, guts, and compassion of a U-boat crew and the two American divers who risked everything to solve the mystery of their last mission." JOHN MCCAIN, author of Faith of My Fathers and Why Courage Matters "Robert Kurson's status as an undiscovered pleasure among Chicago readers is about to change, I suspect, in a hurry. Shadow Divers is so culturally astute and terrifyingly suspenseful that it should reach the sort of audience John Berendt, Susan Orlean, Jon Krakauer and Laura Hillenbrand have recently earned. Kurson's new focus is the larger historical world--a world of U-Boats, forensics and lung-crushing pressure--and his prose is, as always, plain gorgeous." JAMES MCMANUS, author of Positively Fifth Street "A winning tale exceedingly well told, Shadow Divers takes us on a dangerous and seemingly quixotic descent into the murkand then, in a fog of nitrogen narcosis, brings us back to the surface with a richer, fuller fathoming of a history we only thought we knew." HAMPTON SIDES, author of Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission, "An engrossing saga of the suspenseful, intriguing, and dangerous underwater investigation of a Mystery U-boat." CLIVE CUSSLER "Robert Kurson'sShadow Divers, about the divers exploring a sunken shipwreck off the New Jersey coast, is a gripping account of real-life adventurers and a real-life mystery. In addition to being compellingly readable on every page, the book offers a unique window on the deep, almost reckless nature of the human quest to know." SCOTT TUROW, author ofReversible Errors "A tremendously suspenseful story of discovery that comes as close as any book could to providing the reader with approximate sensations of deep sea diving and of life on a submarine at war, and that leaves us with a hell of an impression of the grit, guts, and compassion of a U-boat crew and the two American divers who risked everything to solve the mystery of their last mission." JOHN MCCAIN, author ofFaith of My FathersandWhy Courage Matters "Robert Kurson's status as an undiscovered pleasure among Chicago readers is about to change, I suspect, in a hurry.Shadow Diversis so culturally astute and terrifyingly suspenseful that it should reach the sort of audience John Berendt, Susan Orlean, Jon Krakauer and Laura Hillenbrand have recently earned. Kurson's new focus is the larger historical world--a world of U-Boats, forensics and lung-crushing pressure--and his prose is, as always, plain gorgeous." JAMES MCMANUS, author ofPositively Fifth Street "A winning tale exceedingly well told,Shadow Diverstakes us on a dangerous and seemingly quixotic descent into the murkand then, in a fog of nitrogen narcosis, brings us back to the surface with a richer, fuller fathoming of a history we only thought we knew." HAMPTON SIDES, author ofGhost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal940.54/51
Lc Classification NumberVa515.U158k87 2004
Number of Pages400 Pages
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- 16. Dez. 2015
Top Ten Best Books I've Read
It happens rarely but when it does, I cannot put it down. Shadow Divers is one of those books. I found it haphazardly years ago. Not really sure what drew me to the book but glad it "caught my eye." It's about underwater treasure seekers that find more than they were looking for. Robert Kurson keeps the story moving and held me till the bitter end. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 26. Jan. 2021
A favorite
A friend handed this to me years ago. I then passed it along to another friend with great remarks after reading. I just bought it again simply to pass to another friend. It's that good.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 04. Okt. 2022
Great read but greater stroy.
This is must read for any WWII buff. Great story about disocvering German Subs from WWII that sank of the coast of the US. Who knew that they had gotten so close to us during this time. Must read.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 18. Sep. 2018
Almost enjoyable book.
One of the most compelling books I've ever read. I purchased this book and one more to give to friends.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 12. Jun. 2024
Thank you very much. I'm excited to own this book.
Thank you very much. I'm excited to own this book.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 26. Nov. 2018
High Adventure
Amazing story of discovering WWII U boat.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 08. Dez. 2020
Good buy
Very interesting book. Couldn't put it down.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 22. Jan. 2019
Family read
I liked the story and it inspired grandson to dive!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 04. Jan. 2016
Excellent
Incredible book Regardless if you are a diver or not.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 23. Sep. 2023
Great story
Great story well writtenBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
