Reddit mentions of Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II

Here’s the backstory: I went to check out/purchase this Evo+ unit this morning. It actually had more optional features installed than I expected, so I was pretty psyched. When the seller opened up the hardshell on the back, I noticed a name inscribed on the scrubber canister – a name I recognized. Turns out that the original owner was John Chatterton, host of Deep Sea Detectives on the History Channel and author of Shadow Divers, one of my favorite diving related books. FTW!!!

Shadow Divers

An incredible read, I highly recommend to anyone.

This is a pretty good read, too

Highly recommend reading the book Shadow Divers . It talks about what it takes to dive to these depths and to explore uBoats.

Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0375760989/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_Hhdfvb1PCVHAW

I cannot overstate how much I loved this book, and if maritime mysteries are your thing, stop reading this comment and find a copy!

People interested in diving and finding stuff, should read this book. It's totally awesome...

The best narrative, novel-style nonfiction writer out there is probably John Krakauer. Into Thin Air, his story of a Mt. Everest expedition gone very badly wrong, is probably my favorite of his, but the guy has never written a less-than-excellent book.

Along similar lines, Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson, about a bunch of amateur SCUBA divers exploring an old WWII submarine at the bottom of the Atlantic, is equally hard to put down.

One of my favorite books is Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0375760989/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_UuWPub08PTZA4

True story that reads like fiction about extreme deep sea divers and the mystery they found at the very edges of what is humanely possible to dive.

If you want more, read this insane book.

And then this one.

Thank you for the book suggestion. I read Shadow Divers years ago and it sounds like Torpedo Junction should be right up my alley.

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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

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

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

Ghost in the Wires - The story of famed hacker Kevin Mitnick

Any Mary Roach Book if you like Science

In the Heart of the Sea - The true story behind Moby Dick

The Omnivore's Dilemma - A great walk through our food landscape

Gang Leader for a Day - Behavioral Economist embeds with a Chicago Gang

Shadow Divers - My first audiobook. It's a thriller about a scuba discovery of a Nazi Submarine on the Eastern US coast.

The Devil In The White City - A story about a serial killer at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893