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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

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Shadow Divers

By: Robert Kurson
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
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In 1991, acting on a tip from a local fisherman, two scuba divers discovered a sunken German U-boat–complete with its crew of 60 men–not too far off the New Jersey coast. The divers, realizing the momentousness of their discovery, began probing the mystery. Over the next six years, they became expert and well-traveled researchers, taught themselves German, hunted for clues in Germany, and constructed theories corrective of the history books, all in an effort to identify this sunken U-boat and its crew. During that time, three of their colleagues died exploring the wreck, including a father and son team. In 1997, when it all seemed in vain, the two divers came up with a final plan, so dangerous that the book ends with this last dive. World War II Naval Forces Wars & Conflicts Germany U-Boat War Military Europe Submarine Armed Forces Archeology History

Critic 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 murk–and 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
Captivating Historical Mystery • Meticulous Research Process • Perfect Voice Match • Vivid Diving Sequences

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This book is well deserving of the hype! I couldn't get to the store fast enough to get the Das Boot DVD which I had seen in the past and I can't wait to get back to Chicago and the sub at the museum last visited 10 years ago with the kids. I will probably have to go through several times myself as did Mr Kurson.

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The narrator did an excellent job. I found the story to be gripping realistic bit grough at times but I really enjoyed it.

Great book, couldn't stop listening.

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This is a fantastic book well narated, riviting!!

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FANTASTIC, I can't wait for his next book.

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I was a little skeptical about this title at first. I'm not a diver, nor am I a WWII buff. However, I was totally captivated by this book! This story is a perfect blend of adventure, history, danger, and personal conflict. I found myself fighting to stay awake while listening on my iPod in bed, then setting the alarm for very early so I could listen some more before getting up. AWESOME!

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I learned so much from this book that I never excepted to learn and this book taught me in such a captivating way. I found myself giving my husband daily accounts of the book and he started to get drawn in and he's not an audio book kind of guy. I absolutely loved this book and would recommend it to anyone. A wonderful and gripping piece.

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