{"product_id":"9781681777603","title":"The Shipwreck Hunter: A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis gripping memoir by the world's foremost marine geologist is an enthralling blend of maritime history, popular science, and Clive Cussler-style adventure.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid L. Mearns has discovered some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. From the mighty battleship HMS Hood (sunk in a pyrrhic duel with the \u003ci\u003eBismarck\u003c\/i\u003e) to solving the mystery of HMAS \u003ci\u003eSydney\u003c\/i\u003e, to the crumbling wooden skeletons of Vasco da Gama's sixteenth century fleet, Mearns has searched for and found dozens of sunken vessels in every ocean of the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shipwreck Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles his most intriguing finds. It describes the extraordinary techniques used, the detailed research and mid-ocean stamina (and courage) required to find a wreck thousands of feet beneath the sea, as well as the moving human stories that lie behind each of these oceanic tragedies. Combining the adventuring derring-do of Indiana Jones with the precision of a scientist, \u003ci\u003eThe Shipwreck Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e opens an illuminating porthole into the shadowy depths of the ocean.","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42862330904637,"sku":"9781681777603","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781681777603_p0.jpg?v=1771580452","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9781681777603","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}