{"product_id":"9781555847968","title":"Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea: The History and Discovery of the World's Richest Shipwreck","description":"\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e meets Tom Clancy technology” in this \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003enational-bestselling account of the SS\u003ci\u003e Central America\u003c\/i\u003e’s wreckage and discovery (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeptember 1875\u003c\/i\u003e. With nearly six hundred passengers returning from the California Gold Rush, the side-wheel steamer SS\u003ci\u003e Central America\u003c\/i\u003e encountered a violent storm and sank two hundred miles off the Carolina coast. More than four hundred lives and twenty-one tons of gold were lost. It was a tragedy lost in legend for more than a century—until a brilliant young engineer named Tommy Thompson set out to find the wreck.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Driven by scientific curiosity and resentful of the term “treasure hunt,” Thompson searched the deep-ocean floor using historical accounts, cutting-edge sonar technology, and an underwater robot of his own design. Navigating greedy investors, impatient crewmembers, and a competing salvage team, Thompson finally located the wreck in 1989 and sailed into Norfolk with her recovered treasure: gold coins, bars, nuggets, and dust, plus steamer trunks filled with period clothes, newspapers, books, and journals.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A great American adventure story,\u003ci\u003e Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is also a fascinating account of the science, technology, and engineering that opened Earth’s final frontier, providing “white-knuckle reading, as exciting as anything . . . in \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Storm\u003c\/i\u003e” (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A complex, bittersweet history of two centuries of American entrepreneurship, linked by the mad quest for gold.” —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A ripping true tale of danger and discovery at sea.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “What a yarn! . . . If you sign on for the cruise, go in knowing that you’re going to miss meals and a lot of sleep.” —\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133747577072,"sku":"9781555847968","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555847968_p0.jpg?v=1769899173","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555847968","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}