Shadow Divers Resources
Download promotional flier for use in your library or book club [.doc]
Short-Listed Titles for RARI's 2006 read
Inspirational story
Voices: The Teacher / "When Max Took the Plunge" by DJ Foley
Suggested Reading Lists
Links related to the author, Robert Kurson
- Robert Kurson .com
- My Favorite Teacher by Robert Kurson / Esquire magazine, March 1, 2000
- Sounding Off by Robert Kurson / March 2002
Interviews with Kurson
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Transcript of an interview with Robert Kurson from C-SPAN's Booknotes / July 11, 2004
- Audio Interview with
Robert Kurson on National Public Radio / July 8, 2004
- Interview with Robert Kurson from Powells.com
/ July 28, 2004
- Audio interview with Kurson from Eye On Books
- The depths of obsession: Shadow Divers by John Mark Eberhart / 19 Aug 2005
Links Related to the Book
- Shadow Divers Who's Who
- Shadow Divers synopsis
- U-869
- Richie Kohler .com
- Divers Tell Tale Of Mystery Sub, article from CBS News, Sept. 2, 2005
- Companion webite for the PBS NOVA program, Hitler's Lost Sub
- Forum discussion of Shadow Divers from Email Book Club
- Audio interview with John Chatterton from Gadling / July 27, 2005
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- Article about John Chatterton
- Deep Explorers, the managing operator of the dive vessel SEEKER
- Shadow Divers is slated to become a film directed by Ridley Scott [2007]
Discussion Guides for Shadow Divers
Reviews
- Links to several major news outlet reviews
- More links to major reviews
- Book Reporter .com review
- Review from Sea Power by David W. Munns / Aug. 2004
- TeenReads review by Joe Hartlaub
- Beneath the Surface Plumbing unfathomable depths of sea and spirit by Jay D. Homnick / Review from cruxmag.com
U-869
- The Sinking of the U-869 by Harold Moyers / US Coast Guard / June, 2005
- U-869 Virtual Museum
- Profile of U-869 on uboat.net
- Profile of U-869 on northatlanticdiv.com
- Wikipedia article on U-869
- Photos from the U-869
- 2001 U-869 Memorial Service Photos
Andrea Doria
- Andria Doria .org
- Andrea Doria, from PBS's Lost Liners
- Andrea Doria, grand dame of the sea by Brian R. Guinn
- The Andrea Doria: The Greatest Rescue of All Time
- Profile of the Andrea Doria on Wikipedia
- The Sinking of the Andrea Doria: a Photographer's High Drama by Bob Wendlinger
- The Sinking of the Andrea Doria
by Russell Smith / Sweetwater Reporter News July 25, 1990
U-853 off Block Island
- Profile of U-853 from wreckhunter.com
- Profile of U-853 from uboat.net
- Profile of U-853 from Wikipedia
- On Final Attack
The Story of the U853
by Michael Salvarezza and Christopher Weaver / Feb. 1999 - U-853: The U-Boat Wreck by Mike McCann
- Profile of U-853 from US Coat Guard
- German Sub U-853
- U-853: Nicknamed Catrope Walker
- Profile of U-853 with photos
- The Battle of Point Judith by Ralph DiCarpio / 2003
Other Sites of Interest
- Deep Sea Detectives
History Channel show hosted by John Chatterton and Richie Kohler - Wahoo, Captain Steve Bielenda
- Audio interview with Robert Ballard about his book, Graveyards of the Pacific
- Profile of Robert Ballard
- Profile of Robert Ballard from National Geographic
- NPR interview with Robert Ballard
- Homeschool.com interview with Robert Ballard
- Audio interview with Clive Cussler about his book, The Sea Hunters II
- Letter from John Chatterton to fellow divers / December 18, 1995
- But for a Single Wave: The Tragic
Loss and Recent Identification of the Steamship Peconic
by Michael C. Barnette - a list of fiction titles about submarines
- Wreck Hunter: Hunting New England Shipwrecks
- U-boat facts and legends
- Dive New England .com
- Shadow Divers was chosen as the read for the Detroit Metro Area's Everyone's Reading project
- Treasures @ Sea
Treasures@Sea is a literature based unit about the ocean. It contains web based lesson plans, interactive games, puzzles and quizzes, print activities, and experiments.