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by (Editor: Jim Burns)
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by Hal Falcon
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by Bil Keane
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by John Wesley Howard
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Sunken Treasure: Six Who Found Fortunes
by Robert Forrest Burgess
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Dodd Mead (1988-03)
ISBN: 0396088481
EAN: 9780396088486
Dewy Decimal #: 910.453
Hardcover: 333 pages
Edition: 1st
SKU: mon0000039613
Condition: Like New
Comments: Very minor wear on dust jacket.
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Editorial Reviews
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Book Description
Sunken Treasure is the riveting true life adventures of six of the world's most successful treasure divers. Author and underwater photographer Robert F. Burgess, who has dived on some of these treasure wrecks, tell how each of these divers got into the business, how they survived, and why they were successful in finding sucken fortunes whose hiding places fooled centuries of other searchers. From Burgess' many photographs and interviews with these treasure hunters we learn the trade secrets of how they were able to successfully recover millions of dollars worth of centuries old Spanish treasure from the ocean floor.
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Customer Reviews
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Good but not great
Rating  (3)
Date: 2001-04-10
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book was a quick read, chronicling the exploits of six treasure hunters and their efforts to recover some of the billions of dollars worth of treasure sitting at the bottom of the oceans. Although the accounts were interesting, I would have preferred a bit more historical context of the ships they were searching, along more post-find follow up (ex, more information on where the treasure ended up, etc). I also found that the inforamtion on all of the stories was presented the same way -- the way the story was built up all the way to the discovery of treasure became very anti-climatic after the 4th or 5th example. It's also fun to discover the words that are spelled incorrectly.
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Living the Treasure Island life!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2000-11-08
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Here are the real life stories of those daring few who risked everything, and sometimes suffered greatly, searching for the fabled sunken treasures from centuries ago. Read how gold fever consumed these treasure hunters, driving them into amazing perils and through many years with little to show for their efforts. Read also how they eventually hit it BIG! A great mix of gripping adventure telling, technical explanations, and historical fact. Lots of great photos, too. A word of caution, though: you'll find yourself packing for Florida when you hear about tales of treasure that still wash up on its shores, even to this day!
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