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Book Review of Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea

Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
Author: Gary Kinder
Genre: History
Book Type: Paperback
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"In September 1857, the SS Central America, a side wheel steamer carrying passengers returning from the gold fields of California, went down during a hurricane off the Carolina coast. It claimed more than 400 lives and 21 tons of gold. In the 1980s a maverick engineer named Tommy Thompson set out to find the wreck of the Central America and salvage its treasure from the ocean floor."
Fascinating story. Worth reading if interested in history.