Ship of gold in the deep blue sea: The History And Discovery Of America's Richest Shipwreck
Award winning fiction, Adventure and exploration
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Interweaves an account of the 1857 sinking of the SS Central America that carried a cargo of gold bullion and minted coins with the story of the shipwreck's discovery in 1988 by Tommy Thompson. Describes Thompson's feat of developing technology… to locate and retrieve artifacts from a wooden-hulled ship in eight thousand feet of water. Winner of the 2000 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 1998.
Title Details
ISBN
9780871134646
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Copyright Date
1998
Book number
2416911
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Bruce Huntey
Duration
18 hours 2 minutes 47 seconds
Audio producer
Library of Congress, NLS/BPH (Louisville, Ky. : American Printing House for the Blind), 1998.