- Audio CD
- Publisher: Random House Audio; Abridged edition (Jun 29 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0739311999
- ISBN-13: 978-0739311998
- Product Dimensions: 16 x 13.2 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,047,153 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Kurson's chronicle of an extraordinary deep-sea discovery makes for a captivating audio experience. In 1991, divers John Chatterton and Rich Kohler came across the buried remains of a German submarine just off the coast of New Jersey. Unable to identify the ship and mystified as to its origins, the two men became obsessed with learning where the U-boat came from and what brought it to the bottom of the sea. Although the story's set-up, which comprises most of the first disc, drags, the pace picks up when the partners begin traveling the world, digging up clues. Reader Scott uses character voices but keeps them subdued, even when dealing with the salty language of the seamen. This is a wise move, since there's plenty of drama inherent in the text; lengthy and detailed passages describing deep-water dives, and the horrible things that can go wrong with them, evoke mental pictures that are atmospheric and downright claustrophobic at times. A segment featuring interviews with Chatterton and Kohler rounds out this satisfying audio edition.
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Who knew that German submarine U-869, long thought to have been sunk off Gibraltar in 1945, was actually sunk by its own torpedo less than 60 miles from Brielle, New Jersey? No one--until 1991, when two death-cheating wreck-divers began exploring the boat's wrecked hull, 230 feet underwater. Death-cheating? In the seven years between its discovery and its positive identification, U-869 claimed the lives of three experienced wreck divers and scared away many more. Though Kurson's historical narrative is compelling on its own, it is nearly overshadowed by his adventure story--two brave and driven men chased by deep-water divers' narcosis, decompression sickness, sharks, and an entire wrecked sub full of snags to ensnare divers until their tanks run out. It's also a fascinating look at the sometimes communal, sometimes bitterly competitive psychology of wreck-divers, weekend warriors in wet suits whose dangerous hobby is often an antidote to the frustrations of the workaday world. All of these elements--military history, mystery, action tale, ethnography--combine to make this book very hard to put down. Brendan Driscoll
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BILL NAGLE'S LIFE CHANGED the day a fisherman sat beside him in a ramshackle bar and told him about a mystery he had found lying at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Read the first page
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BILL NAGLE'S LIFE CHANGED the day a fisherman sat beside him in a ramshackle bar and told him about a mystery he had found lying at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Real life thriller!!!!,
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This review is from: Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II (Hardcover)
My reading tastes have always been fiction: thrillers, mysteries, and Romance because I like to escape. My Husband recommended this book though and I started it last week and then could not put it down. It is a TRUE thriller! This is the story of two deep sea wreck divers who dive into a long lost wreck in over 200 feet of water, which they identify as a German U-boat. The book follows the lives of these two men as they attempt to discover the identity of the U-boat and discover things about themselfs. There lives are greatly changed by the discovery, Jobs changed, marriages lost, diving companions killed on the wreck, and lost to the bottle. The story is more than just about the men's dives on the wreck and there attempt to discover its identity, and the adventure involved in such an endeavor, but also about the characters (which are rich in this story) involved, the history behind the boat and Hitlers 3rd Riech. there is so much to learn on every page. In the end though it is the under water action that kept me enthralled. If you read this book you will gain an appreciation of the wonders and dangers of deep water diving.
5.0 out of 5 stars
shadow divers,
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This review is from: Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II (Hardcover)
robert kursons book shadow divers is all one could expect from a true life story with all of the above. one issue that kurson teaches you in life the divers themselfs had to have the dharacter,stamina,focus integrity, and disciple to continue to solve the puzzle of the u boat. these to incredible individuals showed great courage and morality in there quest for the truth and to correct history.congradulations,to chatterton and kohler. these men are and exampple to us all. kursons admiration for the divers who were drivendeep in the ocean and in life. is evedent i think kurson had to have the same intigrity to give us this great book.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating read!,
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This review is from: Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II (Hardcover)
This is a fascinating story that takes the reader into the dangerous world of deep water diving. The dive sequences had me on the edge of my seat, but there is much more to this book then just the adventure. It is written in a style similar to Seabiscut, where this whole world is developed within the story as each of the characters take shape and the backround built. I learned A lot more then I thought I would about German U-boats for instance. I love fiction and found this more entertaining then most the fiction I read!
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