Geniece - reviewed on 8/14/2009

This fascinating book draws the reader into more than one world. Not only are the perils of deep-sea diving described in vivid detail, the book also invites us into history and the personal stories of the divers and men who lost their lives for their country. Kurson clearly did exhaustive research in writing this book. He uses interviews with the family and friends of the divers and the men lost on the sub to create personal and unexpected portraits of those involved in the endeavor to identify the sub and the brave men who fought in World War II. As Chatterton and Kohler re-write history, we learn the lesson not to take everything we read at face-value, and the importance of asking questions about what we think we know.

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