Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Deep Blue: Stories of Shipwreck, Sunken Treasure and Survival
Written by Farley Mowat, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Philbrick and
Narrated by Barrett Whitener, Nick Sampson, Richard Rohan and Terence Aselford
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
For those who dare, things often go wrong under the sea. Such tragedies, spurred by the booming interest in the Titanic and the Andrea Doria, have been the focus of tremendous literature form the world's finest authors. Deep Blue offers compelling tales of shipwrecks and salvage, submarine adventure and free diving, nautical survival and cannibalism.
Author
Farley Mowat
<p><b>Farley Mowat</b> was a Canadian writer, environmentalist, and activist. After serving in the military and exploring as a field technician in remote areas of Canada, Mowat published his first book, <I><b>People of the Deer</I></b>, in 1952. Over the next half-century he published dozens of titles and is best known for <I><b>Never Cry Wolf</I></b>, an account of his adventures with Arctic wolves in northern Manitoba, <I><b>The Dog Who Wouldn't Be</I></b>, a book for young adults, <I><b>The Boat Who Wouldn't Float</I></b> about his adventures sailing along the Newfoundland coast.</p>
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