Deep Descent, Kevin F. McMurray
Deep Descent, Kevin F. McMurray
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Deep Descent
Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria

Author: Kevin F. McMurray

Narrator: P. J. Ochlan

Unabridged: 8 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 03/20/2018


Synopsis

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 dramatic narrative, 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.

About Kevin F. McMurray

Kevin F. McMurray is a freelance writer/author whose articles have appeared in The New York Times, the Sunday Times of London, Outside, Men's Journal, Connecticut Magazine, and others. He is the author of Deep Descent and Dark Descent, two historical-adventure books about notorious shipwrecks. He is the author of St. Martin's True Crime titles including Desire Turned Deadly and If You Really Loved Me. Kevin lives in Brewster, New York with his wife and two daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on June 10, 2012

The author of this book is a deep-wreck diver, a member of an elite group of enthusiasts that push their bodies, and fate, to extreme limits. Known as the "Mount Everest" of wrecks, the Andrea Doria is a powerful magnet for these men and women; lured by the prospect of touching down on the magnifice......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on September 18, 2010

Along with what I consider it's sister book, "Shadow Divers", Deep Descent is a engrossing, riveting, and ultimately terrific book about diving the wreck of the Italian Luxury liner Andrea Doria. The book profiles the liners demise, and also the demise of some eight people who had died to that point......more

Goodreads review by Robert on December 10, 2015

Being a SCUBA diver, I really enjoyed this book. It was fascinating (and in many cases sad) reading about all the diving adventures to the Andrea Doria. As a diver who has done many fairly deep dives myself (although none close to the depth of the Doria), I could understand and relate to much of wha......more