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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100375703373
ISBN-139780375703379
eBay Product ID (ePID)1062557
Product Key Features
Book TitleShip of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
Number of Pages560 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / 19th Century, General, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Ships & Shipbuilding / General
Publication Year1999
IllustratorYes
GenreTransportation, History
AuthorGary Kinder
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight18.6 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-052933
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"What a yarn!-- Kinder includes enough on the ship wreck to satisfy disaster fans looking for this summer'sInto Thin AirandA Perfect Storm." --Newsweek "A truly great tale, cleverly organized and expertly written." --Atlantic Monthly "An old fashioned sea faring adventure, awash in time and vigor.... A ripping true tale of danger and discovery at sea." --The Washington Post "Titanic tragedy meets Tom Clancy technology.... Kinder has lashed together a thumping good narrative." --People "White-knuckle reading, as exciting as anything...inThe Perfect Storm." --Los Angeles Times Book Review "Engaging, magnificently researched--. A complex, bittersweet history of two centuries of American entrepreneurship, linked by the mad quest for gold." --Entertainment Weekly "Extraordinarily gripping--. Excruciatingly suspenseful--. An astounding and marvelous book." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer "Historical and technological reporting of a high order--suspenseful and deft--. A 24-carat sea classic." --The New York Times Book Review, "What a yarn!-- Kinder includes enough on the ship wreck to satisfy disaster fans looking for this summer's Into Thin Air and A Perfect Storm." --Newsweek "A truly great tale, cleverly organized and expertly written." --Atlantic Monthly "An old fashioned sea faring adventure, awash in time and vigor.... A ripping true tale of danger and discovery at sea." --The Washington Post "Titanic tragedy meets Tom Clancy technology.... Kinder has lashed together a thumping good narrative." --People "White-knuckle reading, as exciting as anything...in The Perfect Storm." --Los Angeles Times Book Review "Engaging, magnificently researched--. A complex, bittersweet history of two centuries of American entrepreneurship, linked by the mad quest for gold." --Entertainment Weekly "Extraordinarily gripping--. Excruciatingly suspenseful--. An astounding and marvelous book." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer "Historical and technological reporting of a high order--suspenseful and deft--. A 24-carat sea classic." --The New York Times Book Review
Dewey Decimal363.1/23/091635
SynopsisWith nail-biting suspense, Kinder reconstructs the terror of the 19th-century steamer Central America's last days and chronicles the oceanographic quest for the lost vessel.