Grit, guts, and compassion of a U-boat crew and the two American divers who On a submarine at war, and that leaves us with a hell of an impression of the Providing the reader with approximate sensations of deep sea diving and of life Suspenseful story of discovery that comes as close as any book could to Intensity and dynamic verve.” - New York Times The human quest to know.” - Scott Turow, New York Times bestselling author of Reversible Errors Mystery…The book offers a unique window on the deep, almost reckless nature of Jersey coast, is a gripping account of real-life adventurers and a real-life Of the suspenseful, intriguing, and dangerous underwater investigation of aĭivers, about the divers exploring a sunken shipwreck off the New Final bit where it finds relatives of the German sailors in the U-boat is v well done - this is not a story about goodies and baddies, but about men caught up in a pointless war, and the US divers respect for the skeletons they found is impressive.' It proceeds slowly, as it digresses into narratives about the life stories of the main divers: I liked that, but if you were impatient to know what happens next, you might find it irritating. 'Fascinating account of the team who discovered a sunken Nazi U-boat. In 1997, when it all seemed in vain, the two divers came up with a final plan, so dangerous that the book ends with this last dive.

During that time, three of their colleagues died exploring the wreck, including a father and son team. Over the next six years, they became expert and well-traveled researchers, taught themselves German, hunted for clues in Germany, and constructed theories corrective of the history books, all in an effort to identify this sunken U-boat and its crew. The divers, realizing the momentousness of their discovery, began probing the mystery. In 1991, acting on a tip from a local fisherman, two scuba divers discovered a sunken German U-boat–complete with its crew of 60 men–not too far off the New Jersey coast.

Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson