The Sea Hunters

Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo

Pocket Books, 1997 - Social Science - 364 pages

REAL STORIES. REAL EXCITEMENT. REAL ADVENTURE.A steamboat goes up in flames . . . and down to the bottom of the sea. A locomotive plunges into a creek . . . and vanishes into mystery. A German on board, U-boat sends an American troop transport, and eight hundred onboard, to a watery grave . . . on Christmas Eve.

Contents

• Introduction: 15
• Through by Daylight1840 35555: 54
• A SweetHandling Ship18361842 63 233: 63

About the author

Clive Cussler was born in Aurora, Illinois on July 15, 1931. He attended Pasadena City College for two years before enlisting in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. After his discharge from the military, he worked first as a copywriter and later as a creative director for two of the nation's most successful advertising agencies. At that time, he wrote and produced radio and television commercials that won numerous international awards, including one at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. He began writing in 1965 and published his first novel featuring Dirk Pitt in 1973. His first non-fiction work, The Sea Hunters, was published in 1996. He has written over 50 books including the Dirk Pitt series, the NUMA Files series, Oregon Files series, Isaac Bell series, and the Fargo Adventure series. He is the Chairman of NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency), a non-profit group which he founded. He and his crew of marine experts and NUMA volunteers have discovered over 60 historically significant underwater wreck sites. Clive Cussler died on February 24, 2020 at the age of 88.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Sea Hunters
• Authors: Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Pocket Books, 1997
• Original from: the University of Virginia
• Digitized: Jan 5, 2010
• ISBN: 0671516698, 9780671516697
• Length: 364 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Archaeology; Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History