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The Sea Hunters

The Sea Hunters

HistoryScience
Pages
368
Published
1996
Language
English

Synopsis

Clive Cussler and his dedicated team of NUMA volunteers recount the dramatic, true stories behind their most remarkable underwater discoveries. From a steamboat consumed by flames to a German U-boat's tragic sinking of a troop transport, these accounts detail the search for and finding of twelve significant shipwrecks. This book offers a unique look into true commitment and courage, as suspenseful as Cussler's fictional adventures.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

InformativeAdventurousThought-Provoking
QuestSurvival

Genres

History Science

Authors

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Clive Cussler

Cussler began writing novels in 1965 and published his first work featuring his continuous series hero, Dirk Pitt, in 1973. His first non-fiction, The Sea Hunters, was released in 1996. The Board of Governors of the Maritime College, State University of New York, considered The Sea Hunters in lieu of a Ph.D. thesis and awarded Cussler a Doctor of Letters degree in May, 1997. It was the first time since the College was founded in 1874 that such a degree was bestowed. Cussler is an internation...

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Craig Dirgo

Craig Dirgo is an American author of adventure and techno-thriller novels, as well as non-fiction. The son of an Air Force colonel, he spent much of his childhood on military airfields in the United States and England. In 1987 he began working as a special projects director on expeditions for Clive Cussler's National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), later becoming a trustee of the organization. Dirgo co-wrote several books with Cussler, including the non-fiction shipwreck accounts The Sea Hu...