
Submerged
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Experience a kaleidoscope of real-life underwater missions as revealed by the Founder and Chief of U.S. National Park Service Submerged Cultural Resources Unit (SCRU), ranging from ancient ruins covered by reservoirs in the desert Southwest to a World War II submarine off the Alaskan coast; from the Isle Royale shipwrecks in the frigid Lake Superior to the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor; from the HL Hunley, the first submarine in history to sink an enemy ship, in Charleston Harbor to the ships sunk by atomic bombs at Bikini Atoll, and much more.
"A gripping saga of archeological exploration." -#1 New York Times-bestselling author Clive Cussler
"An edge-of-your-seat story that succinctly illustrates the danger of wreck exploration. Lenihan's enthusiasm and obvious love for uncovering the past is infectious." - The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)
" Submerged takes readers on an exciting tour of some of the world's most interesting dive sites and provides them with a fascinating glimpse into the world of underwater archeology." - Sport Diver
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DANIEL LENIHAN, winner of the George Melendez Wright Award for Excellence in Submerged Resources Research, has been diving as a park ranger and archeologist for the National Park Service since 1972, and founded the Submerged Cultural Resources Unit (SCRU) in 1976 before being appointed the first chief in 1980.
Over the last 25 years, Lenihan and the SCRU team have been the subject of national media stories and many TV documentaries on CBS, ABC, BBC, CNN, PBS, The Discovery and History Channels, and National Geographic. He has written frequently for Natural History and American History, and co-authored, with Gene Hackman, the well-received sea adventure novel Wake of the Perdido Star. A native New Yorker and former schoolteacher, he lives with his family in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Part I - Caves, Dams, Shipwrecks, and Dreams
- Chapter One - For Whom the Horn Wails
- Chapter Two - SCRU
- Chapter Three - The Florida Caves
- Chapter Four - Time for a Change
- Chapter Five - Dry Tortugas
- Chapter Six - Damming the Past
- Chapter Seven - A Return to Xanadu
- Part II - The SCRU Team
- Chapter Eight - Biscayne: Baptism of Fire
- Chapter Nine - Bully Hayes and Other Sharks
- Chapter Ten - In Our Glory
- Chapter Eleven - Isle Royale: Mission Impossible
- Chapter Twelve - Pearl Harbor: USS Arizona
- Chapter Thirteen - Contemplation vs. Action
- Chapter Fourteen - Isle Royale: The Final Challenge
- Chapter Fifteen - Isabella
- Part III - Reaching Out
- Chapter Sixteen - Project Seamark
- Chapter Seventeen - Bikini: Operation Crossroads
- Chapter Eighteen - The Aleutian Affair
- Chapter Nineteen - The Micronesian Sweep
- Pohnpei: Ancient Temples in Nan Madol
- Kosrae
- Majuro
- Chapter Twenty - Sunken Legacy of the Confederacy
- Chapter Twenty-One - Return to the Tortugas
- Chapter Twenty-Two - Pearl 2001: The Adventure Continues
- Index
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Praise
- Other Books by Daniel Lenihan
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
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