Three Miles Down: A Firsthand Account of Deep Sea Exploration and a Hunt for Sunken World Warii Treasure (Harvest Book)

Hamilton-Paterson, James

ISBN 10: 0156012715 / ISBN 13: 9780156012713

Published by Mariner Books, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Three Miles Down: A Firsthand Account of Deep Sea Exploration and a Hunt for Sunken World Warii Treasure (Harvest Book)
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0156012715
• ISBN 13: 9780156012713
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 368.3 grams

About this title

Synopsis

The author of Ghosts of Manila describes Project Orca's quest for the gold carried by two World War II wrecks, the Japanese submarine I-52 and the British liner SS Aurelia, and shares impressions of life three miles below the surface of the South Atlantic. Reprint.

About the Author

James Hamilton-Paterson is the author of sixteen books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. His novel Ghosts of Manila was short-listed for the Whitbread Prize in 1994, which he previously won for Gerontius in 1991, and two of his books have been New York Times Notables. A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Hamilton-Paterson divides his time between Italy and the Philippines.