Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
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Author
Gary Kinder
Published
July 18, 2009
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This wooden, paddle-wheeled steamship was carrying more
than 400 passengers who were returning home with the gold they had dug
from the earth during the California Gold Rush. The first part of the
book is a great sea story, involving magnificant heroism and, finally,
tragedy. Some survived to tell the tale, but most perished. The Central
America sank in 8,000 feet of water and seemed to be lost forever. But
from there, the story shifts to Tommy Thompson, who is very difficult
to describe. Tommy is a brilliant young engineer and scientist, a
modern-day entrepreneur, inventor, visionary, creative thinker, and
all-out maverick who absolutely refuses to take no for an answer - on
ANY topic. He gets it through his head that he can not only find, but
also recover, the treasure from the Central America. No one had ever
worked in water this deep, at pressures so high and temperatures so
low, and the odds against success were astronomical. NASA couldn't do
this. The CIA couldn't do this. NO ONE could do this. Or at least that
was the thinking at the time. I won't spoil this great story for you,
but let me just say that this book is a little bit like the story of
the Titanic, and a LOT like a Tom Clancy novel - only it really
happened. Don't miss it.
