Shadow Divers

Shadow Divers: The True Story of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II (2004) by Robert Kurson is a celebrated nonfiction adventure book. Kurson, an adventure journalist whose stories have been featured in Rolling Stone, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine, is known for his immersive and entertaining style. His first book-length work, Shadow Divers was a New York Times Best Seller and won the American Booksellers Association Nonfiction Book of the Year Award in 2005. Shadow Divers is the true story of two divers who battled the elements to investigate a mysterious shipwreck, facing psychological and ethical dilemmas along the way.

This guide refers to the 2004 first edition of the book.

Content Warning: The book and this guide describe scenes of extreme risk and death involving drowning, decompression sickness, and narcosis, as well as scenes of war, including passing mention of Nazi ideology and war crimes.

Summary

Shadow Divers follows the journey of a group of skilled, daring deep-sea divers who unraveled the mystery of a sunken World War II German

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