{"product_id":"ship-of-gold-in-the-deep-blue-sea-9780802144256","title":"Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea","description":"Originally published in 1998 and a best seller in its hardcover and paperback publications, Gary Kinder's \u003ci\u003eShip of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the sinking of the SS Central America, a side-wheel steamer carrying nearly six hundred passengers returning from the California Gold Rush, two hundred miles off the Carolina coast in September 1857. Over four hundred lives and twenty-one tons of California gold were lost. It was the worst peacetime disaster at sea in American history, a tragedy that remained lost in legend for over a century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1980s, a young engineer from Ohio set out to do what no one, not even the U.S. Navy, had been able to do: establish a working presence on the deep ocean floor and open it to science, archaeology, history, medicine, and recovery. The SS Central America became the target of his project. After years of intensive efforts, Tommy Thompson and the Columbus-America Discovery Group found the Central America in eight thousand feet of water, and in October 1989 they sailed into Norfolk with her recovered treasure: gold coins, bars, nuggets, and dust, plus steamer trunks filled with period clothes, newspapers, books, journals, and even an intact cigar sealed under water for 130 years. \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e magazine called it \"the greatest treasure ever found.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGary Kinder tells an extraordinary tale of history, human drama, heroic rescue, scientific ingenuity, and individual courage. \u003ci\u003eShip of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to the human will to triumph over adversity. It is also a great American adventure story of the opening of Earth's last frontier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Kinder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802144256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Kinder\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the bestselling books \u003ci\u003eVictim\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLight Years\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Seattle with his wife and two daughters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gary Kinder \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47430138003613,"sku":"9780802144256","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_61dd9f1d-f880-4b64-92d9-fac91532d08c.jpg?v=1763764286","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/ship-of-gold-in-the-deep-blue-sea-9780802144256","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}