Titanic's Last Secrets
The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterto and Richie Kohler
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2009
Summary
After rewriting history with their discovery of a Nazi U-boat off the coast of New Jersey, legendary divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler decided to investigate the great enduring mystery of history’s most notorious shipwreck: why did Titanic sink as quickly as it did?
To answer the question, Chatterton and Kohler assembled a team of experts to explore Titanic, studied its engineering, and dived to the wreck of its sister ship, Brittanic. Titanic’s Last Secrets is a ro…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780446582049 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0446582042 |
| Author: | Bradford Matsen |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Twelve |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2009 |
| Weight: | 410g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 142mm x 219mm |
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Critics Review
“Titanic’s Last Secrets is a fresh, moving, and irresistible portrait of the doomed ship. Combining insightful character sketches, secret archives, forensic engineering, death-defying dives and suspenseful writing, Brad Matsen travels effortlessly between past and present and offers haunting new conclusions about Titanic: It did not have to happen this way. They did not have to die. I could not put this book down.”
–Jemes L. Swanson, Edgar Award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer
“If you think you know the story of the Titanic, think again. Brad Matsen’s riveting book weaves new evidence from the depths with historical accounts to reveal the dark, hidden truths about the deadly voyage. John Chatterton and Richie Kohler’s chilling discoveries propel a page-turning narrative to its shocking conclusion: What happened aboard the Titanic that night was far worse than anyone ever guessed.”–Susan Casey, bestsellilng author of The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks
The release of Titanic’s Last Secrets, renders all other books on Titanic outdated and incomplete. A ‘must have’ book of 2008.‘–Wreck Diving Magazine
Bradford Matsen
Bradford Matsen is the author of Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss as well as many other books abou the sea and its inhabitants. He was a creative producer for the television series The Shape of Life, and his articles have appeared in Mother Jones, Audubon, and Nature, among other publications. He divides his time between Seattle and New York City.
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