Presents the true story adapted for young readers of the 1978 failed rescue attempt of the tanker "Global Hope" and a Coast Guard patrol boat by the four-man crew of the "Can Do" in a blizzard off the Massachusetts coast.
the true adventure of two Americans who risked everything to solve one of the last mysteries of World War II
Kurson, Robert
Tells the story of the discovery in 1991 of a World War II German U-boat, sunk sixty miles off the coast of New Jersey, by deep sea divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, and their six year obsession with identifying the submarine which sank with its crew onboard.
Describes, in easy-to-read text, the disastrous 1912 sinking of the world's largest ocean liner after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage.
Recounts the events and circumstances surrounding the fateful night in April, 1912 when the "unsinkable" "Titanic" went down in the north Atlantic, killing more than 1,500 people.