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Shadow Divers : The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
Author: Robert Kurson

Book Information
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780345482471 - ISBN-10: 0345482476
Publication Date: 5/31/2005
Pages: 416


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Hardcover, Paperback, Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio CD (Abridged), Audio Cassette, Audio CD

Book Description:
From The New Yorker

Deep-wreck divers are used to operating with almost no headroom and in zero visibility, navigating by touch alone; it is a compliment to be told "When you die, no one will ever find your body." Despite the dangers, wreck divers are typically weekend warriors, men who leave families and jobs behind to test themselves at two hundred feet down. Kurson's exciting account centers on two divers, John Chatterton and Robert Kohler, who in 1991 found an unidentified U-boat embedded in the ocean floor off the coast of New Jersey. The task of identifying it leads them to Germany, Washington, D.C., and the darkest corners of the submarine itself. Some of the most haunting moments occur on land, as when the divers research the lives of the doomed German sailors whose bones they swim among. Once underwater, Kurson's adrenalized prose sweeps you along in a tale of average-guy adventure.

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Top Member Book Reviews

Mike C. (WantToSeeTheWorld) wrote on 2/24/2008...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

A John Krakauer-esque account of two divers' quest to identify an unknown submarine found in the northern Atlantic off the U.S. coast. A very informative and great read for anyone who has any interest in diving, or for someone who loves nonfiction adventures.

J.R. P. (TheBookaholic) wrote on 5/13/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

A true story of a present day mystery. What is a World War II German U-boat doing in the waters off New Jersey, where no German U-boat is supposed to be? Read about the find, and the following six years of exploring the boat, the loss of life in doing so, and the final revelations.

Tom V. wrote on 7/31/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

great adventure read, in the same vein as perfect storm and into thin air, you won't be able to put it down!


Please Rate these Book Reviews

Peter S. wrote on 5/6/2008...


This is more than just a story about danger. It really breaks down different winning personalities. Tells us what makes them winners.

Sean S. (gtown) wrote on 9/13/2006...


A thriller, a mystery, a U-boat history and diving lessons all in one. An amazing but true story and a gripping read.

Auliya B. (auliya) wrote on 5/23/2006...


Shabby writing. Pretty interesting topic, for all that.

Nelson A. wrote on 1/7/2006...


Interesting look into the quest for the last of the missing U-Boats of the second world war. If you like history and mystery you will love this.

Sandra Z. (ztogar) wrote on 11/20/2005...


great adventure story


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