Terry D. (tmdaviss) - , reviewed on 1/7/2014 + 72 more book reviews

Maybe you have seen John Chatterton and Richie Kohler on the History Channel hosting Deepsea Detectives or the Nova series Hitler's Lost Sub. Or perhaps you have heard of John as a 'diver's diver', setting records and being the 1st to dive on many famous shipwrecks. But prior to their notoriety they were just 2 guys who dived for recreation, who became obsessed with a new find, a previously unknown WWII German Uboat sunk off of the New Jersey coast.

This is a true story told by an author who researched it from many angles, and had the input from these 2 men to tell it right and to include all of the players. Several men died trying to solve the mystery of this wreck. Marriages ended over it. United States and German historical records were changed because of it.

I was taken in by this book and allowed to feel the slow pace of the process it took for this mystery to be solved. It took them several years - for me a couple of weeks. The story is fascinating but the information is best taken in through contemplating the problems just like John and Richie. I chose to read it in sections between other books, and then come back and learn some more.

I give this book a very good recommendation. It is not a story told through conversations, but an history told in story form, by those who lived it.

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