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Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria
Contributor(s): McMurray, Kevin F. (Author)
ISBN: 0743400631     ISBN-13: 9780743400633
Publisher: Atria Books
OUR PRICE:   $20.85  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2002
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Annotation: This in-depth look at the danger-loving divers of the "Andrea Doria"--the so-called "Everest" of deep-sea diving--is from a writer and photographer who has met the wreck, and her victims, firsthand. 67 photos.
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BISAC Categories:
- Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - History
- Sports & Recreation | Scuba & Snorkeling
- Biography & Autobiography | Sports
Dewey: 363.14
LCCN: 2001021621
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.95 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
 
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On a foggy July evening in 1956, the Italian cruise liner Andrea Doria, bound for New York, was struck broadside by another vessel. In eleven hours, she would sink nearly 250 feet to the murky Atlantic Ocean floor. Thanks to a daring rescue operation, only 51 of more than 1,700 people died in the tragedy. But the Andrea Doria is still taking lives.

Considered the Mt. Everest of diving, the Andrea Doria is the ultimate deepwater wreck challenge. Over the years, a small but fanatical group of extreme scuba divers have investigated the Andrea Doria, pushing themselves to the very limits of human endurance to explore her -- and not all have returned. Diver Kevin McMurray takes you inside this elite club with a hard, honest look at those who go deeper, farther, and closer to the edge than others would ever dream.
Deep Descent is the riveting true story of the human spirit overcoming human frailty and of fearsome, mortal risks traded for a hard-core adrenaline rush. Chronicling these adventures in his page-turning narrative and in dozens of dramatic photos, McMurray draws us deeper into the cold heart of the unforgiving sea, giving us a powerful vision of a place to which few will ever have the skills -- or the courage -- to go.