Author: Kinder, Gary,
Title: Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea.
Description: NY, Atlantic Monthly Press, (1998). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. In 1837 the side-wheel steamer SS Central America carrying nearly 500 passengers returning from the California Gold Rush. foundered in a hurricane and sank 200 miles off the Carolina coast. 400 died and 21 tons of gold were lost. In the 1980s a young engineer set out to establish a working presence on the deep-ocean floor and open it to science and the SS Central America became the target of his project. He recovered what had been lost under water for 130 years. Laid in ad with photo of Kinder and notice of his booksigning. Owner name ft endpaper.

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