What is the crowd's opinion of 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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It's kind of a niche genre but I too am a history buff. I'm also a certified scuba diver and my all time favourite book is Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson.

https://www.amazon.ca/Shadow-Divers-Adventure-Americans-Everything/dp/0375760989

It's the true story of a WWII U-Boat found off the coast of New Jersey by a couple of divers. The book jumps back and forth between present day while the divers are trying to figure out what the heck the wreck is and figure out how it got there, and the ships history.

I've probably read it half a dozen times now! History, real life adventure and scuba :)

Shadow Divers is a great book about the discovery and subsequent identification of a U-Boat off the coast of New Jersey

 

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I highly recommend This One and This One.

Non-fiction for sure. I do really like history but sometimes its just too dense. I like to switch it up with non-fiction (or some sci-fi) that are kinda self-contained and only relate tangentially to larger events or just a lighter biography. Thinking Shadow Divers, The lost city of Z, Lost in Shangri-La, At Ease - Eisenhower or An American Doctor's Odyssey

Came to see if this was mentioned. An absolutely incredible book.

http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Divers-Adventure-Americans-Everything/dp/0375760989

Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson.

From the book description: In the tradition of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery–and make history themselves.

The audio book is particularly good with great narration by Michael Prichard with his raspy and dramatic voice.

http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B002V57VVS&qid=1348609611&sr=1-1