Titanic's Last Secrets: The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler | 
 enlarge | Author: Brad Matsen
Publisher: Twelve
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 7431
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
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Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0446582050
EAN: 9780446582056
ASIN: 0446582050
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
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Product Description
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 assemble a team of experts to explore Titanic, study its engineering, and dive to the wreck of its sister ship, Brittanic, where Titanic's last secrets may be revealed.
Titanic's Last Secrets is a rollercoaster ride through the shipbuilding history, the transatlantic luxury liner business, and shipwreck forensics. Chatterton and Kohler weave their way through a labyrinth of clues to discover that Titanic was not the strong, heroic ship the world thought she was and that the men who built her covered up her flaws when disaster struck. If Titanic had remained afloat for just two hours longer than she did, more than two thousand people would have lived instead of died, and the myth of the great ship would be one of rescue instead of tragedy.
Titanic's Last Secrets is the never-before-told story of the Ship of Dreams, a contemporary adventure that solves a historical mystery.
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 More personal journey than details of wreck November 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was really anticipating reading a good update on what happened to Titanic. Unfortunately, a lot of this book is relegated to the authors journey and struggles in trying to get to the shipwreck. There are a few good chapters, but a complete dearth of illustrations or pictures to help document the issues raised. A decent hypothesis, but I was left wanting more objective information, rather than conjecture.
disappointing.
 What a book! November 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Easy to read, non-fiction bringing the history of the Titanic to new, modern light. I loved it but now am a little afraid to ride the ferry...
Worth the time to read. November 3, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I liked the book alot and would reccommend it to anyone interested in Titanic or that period of history.
Titanic's Last Secrets: The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler October 25, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I found this to be an easy and enjoyable read. I'm sure that there are aspects of it that will challange the thinking of many "rivet counter". When all is said & done, I believe this is a 'must include' in any Titanic student's the personal library. Well worth the purchase!
Middle is Really Good October 24, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The middle section of this umpteenth book on the Titanic is actually something new. Stick with the slow-moving beginning; it is going somewhere fresh and possibly ground-breaking, in what you would think is a field of study that couldn't yield anything new. The real story is NOT really about these "shadow divers;" they are simply the catalysts. The real story is the archivist at Harland and Wolff Shipbuilders. Read it and see if you don't agree with me!
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