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Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria

by Kevin F. Mcmurray

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Publisher Comments:

On a foggy July evening in 1956, the Italian cruise liner Andrea Doria, bound for New York, was struck broadside by another vessel. In eleven hours, she would sink nearly 250 feet to the murky Atlantic Ocean floor. Thanks to a daring rescue operation, only 51 of more than 1,700 people died in the tragedy. But the Andrea Doria is still taking lives.

Considered the Mt. Everest of diving, the Andrea Doria is the ultimate deepwater wreck challenge. Over the years, a small but fanatical group of extreme scuba divers have investigated the Andrea Doria, pushing themselves to the very limits of human endurance to explore her — and not all have returned. Diver Kevin McMurray takes you inside this elite club with a hard, honest look at those who go deeper, farther, and closer to the edge than others would ever dream.

Deep Descent is the riveting true story of the human spirit overcoming human frailty and of fearsome, mortal risks traded for a hard-core adrenaline rush. Chronicling these adventures in his page-turning narrative and in dozens of dramatic photos, McMurray draws us deeper into the cold heart of the unforgiving sea, giving us a powerful vision of a place to which few will ever have the skills — or the courage — to go.

Review:

Kirkus Reviews

McMurray knows his stuff...Compelling...Full of high drama in low places.

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Clive Cussler

A compelling masterwork of the greatest shipwreck killer in maritime history. McMurray involves you in the life-and-death drama as if you are actually diving in the depths.

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Library Journal

Exciting and powerful.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

This is a book you will have a hard time putting down. Page after page leads you through adventure, mystery, suspense, and acts of heroism.

About the Author

Kevin F. McMurray is an award-winning journalist and photographer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, New York magazine, Outside, Yankee, Men's Journal, The Sunday Times (London), Rock and Ice, Cigar Aficionado, and other publications. An avid outdoor adventurer, McMurray is an expert scuba diver and former world record holder for swimming around Manhattan. He lives in Brewster, New York, with his wife and two daughters.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780743400633
Subtitle:
Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria
Author:
McMurray, Kevin F.
Author:
McMurray, Kevin F.
Publisher:
Atria Books
Subject:
Sports
Subject:
Ships & Shipbuilding - Shipwrecks
Subject:
Water Sports
Subject:
Shipwrecks
Subject:
Scuba & Snorkeling
Subject:
Scuba diving
Subject:
Sports - General
Subject:
Shipwrecks -- Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Subject:
Andrea Doria (Steamship)
Copyright:
Edition Description:
B102
Publication Date:
July 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
8.42x5.62x.87 in. .64 lbs.

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