Sea Hunters II: Summary and book reviews of Sea Hunters II by Clive Cussler, plus links to an excerpt from Sea Hunters II and a biography of Clive Cussler.
Sea Hunters II More True Adventures With Famous Shipwrecks
by
Clive Cussler
,
Craig Dirogohas
Hardcover: Dec 2002,
464 pages.
Paperback: Jan 2004,
448 pages.
For twenty-three years, Clive Cussler's NUMA®the National Underwater & Marine Agencyhas scoured the rivers and seas in search of lost ships of historic significance. His teams have been inundated by tidal waves, and beset by the vagaries of man and nature, but the resultsand the stories behind themhave often been dramatic: The 2000 raising of the Confederate submarine Hunley made national headlines.
Here, then, are more true tales of seaand landgoing adventures, as Cussler and his crews set out to track down history. The famous ghost ship Mary Celeste, found floating off the Azores in 1872 with no one on board; the Carpathia, the ship that rescued the Titanic survivors and was itself lost to U-boats six years later; L'Oiseau Blanc, the airplane that almost beat The Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic before disappearing in the Maine woodsall these, plus steamboats, ironclads, a seventeenth-century flagship, a certain famous PT boat, and even a dirigible, prove tantalizing targets as Cussler demonstrates again that truth can be "at least as fun, and sometimes stranger, than fiction" (Men's Journal).
Book Reviews
Publishers Weekly
Cussler's artful writing style and varied experiences while searching for historical treasures make this a first-rate adventure book sure to please any student of history and the odd Pitt fan who takes the plunge.
Kirkus Reviews
A lively narrative slickly done: nothing wrong with that, but intelligent readers who like their history straight up may find it simply annoying.
Library Journal
This is nonfiction, but it's still pretty thrilling: Cussler recounts the efforts of his organization, NUMAR the National Underwater and Marine Agency to dredge up lost ships with historical value.
Men's Journal
With Cussler, the truth is at least as fun as, and sometimes stranger than, fiction.
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