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Titanic's Last Secrets: The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler Paperback – October 6, 2009

by Brad Matsen (Author)
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Twelve (October 6, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0446582042
  • ISBN-13: 978-0446582049
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.2 x 8.9 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (70 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsFascinating and a Great Read
By Rushmore DeNooyer on October 6, 2008
Format: Hardcover
I found this book thoroughly researched and historically important; it brings out details about the Titanic saga which have previously been unknown or ignored, and it places the entire story within the larger context of the cutthroat turn-of-the-century shipping industry. It's a well-told story that's a great read.

In the interest of full disclosure, I'm a documentary filmmaker who has worked with John Chatterton and Richie Kohler for over 11 years on multiple projects, including the 2005 Titanic expedition described in this book. I wrote and produced two television documentaries about their discoveries at the Titanic wreck site and subsequent investigations. During that time, I had extensive contact with many of the protagonists in Brad Matsen's account, including former Harland & Wolff employee Tom McCluskie and naval architect Roger Long.

I take issue with a previous review by Daniel Allen Butler, and note that in his review he fails to divulge that he is not exactly a disinterested party, but rather an author with a competing book about Titanic. Mr. Butler also recently panned Jennifer McCarty's book as "yet another book where the authors attempt to attach themselves to the Titanic story..." I have not read Ms. McCarty's book. But it appears that Mr. Butler, whose own Titanic book was published in 1998 (just as the James Cameron film was appearing in theaters), believes he should be the last writer allowed "to cash in on the disaster and the public's apparently insatiable appetite for all things Titanic" (his snide first-line dig at Matsen).

I might be tempted to agree - if there were no new evidence. But new evidence is precisely what Matsen's book is all about. And it delivers a whopper.Read more ›
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1.0 out of 5 starsInaccurate and disappointing
By David Concannon on April 21, 2010
Format: Paperback
The best way to ruin a good expedition is to publish a bad book, after producing a mediocre television program. The reality is that the author and his protagonists used the Titanic as a branding tactic for themselves, and this book is nothing more than a way to promote "The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers...." as it says in the subtitle.

I have to disagree with the review of Mr. DeNooyer, my colleague on the 2005 expedition. This book is not "thoroughly researched," and it could have been "historically important," but it is not. In fact, the book is riddled with inaccuracies.

The original purpose of the 2005 expedition was to explore a new section of the Titanic wreck site discovered on an earlier expedition. The "ribbons of steel" angle came in later when the television producers felt the need to follow the "Deep Sea Detectives" formula and prove or disprove a "grounding theory" mistakenly attributed to me in the television program, but which actually originated with Parks Stephenson and David Brown in a white paper they published in 2001. See [...]. The "ribbons of steel" are actually sections of the Titanic's hull plating, not seen on the first dive because the submersible took a different path to return to the new debris field. Due to the inherent difficulties of exploring 2.5 miles below the ocean's surface, particularly limitations on lighting and your field of view, if you travel 50 feet in either direction of the path you took on a previous dive, you will never see the same thing twice. After being used to hook the reader and disparage me, the "ribbons of steel" angle is abandoned in favor of the discussion of the "newly discovered" double bottom hull sections.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe fascination about the Titanic continues
By Armchair Interviews on September 26, 2008
Format: Hardcover
Titanic. All one has to do is utter the name of the world's most infamous unsinkable ship and imagery, myth, and legend-sans James Cameron-pops into mind.

The world was mesmerized when Dr. Robert Ballard and his team located the wreckage in 1985. And not since Charles Pellegrino's 1990 classic, Her Name Titanic: The Untold Story of the Sinking and Finding of the Unsinkable Ship, has there been a great book about the Olympic-class ship. On the other hand, since Ballard et al., first glimpsed the rusting wreckage there had been nothing thing new to report. Until now. Get ready to unearth one of the greatest historical cover-ups of the twentieth century.

It's not clear how author Brad Matsen came to be involved with writing a completely absorbing narrative of the divers' adventures and findings. Regardless, Matsen's new book, Titanic's Last Secrets: The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatteron and Richie Kohler can take its place as the definitive answer to the world's most unanswerable question: Why did Titanic sink as quickly as she did?

In 2005, Deep Sea Detectives John Chatteron and Richie Kohler stacked their finances and reputations on the report of one man who claimed to have seen new evidence that the majestic ship's last hours were not at all what we had imagined and that it did not sink exactly as we have come to believe. David Concannon had seen "ribbons of steel that looked like they had been peeled from the ship" in Titan's debris field. He had no real proof, only what he had seen. Chatteron and Kohler took a plunge (no pun intended) in an effort to discover, once and for all, how and why Titanic sunk.

The book's subtitle is a little misleading. Chatteron and Kohler almost take a back seat to Titanic's mesmerizing personality.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsWhatever

I found it hard to believe that Pirrie would send his nephew on that ship if there were any doubts about its sea worthiness . Read more

Published 2 days ago by Martha
3.0 out of 5 starsUnique view on Titanic

The book covers 2 big points of interest: (1) Details concerning the building and architecture of Titanic, historical facts pertaining to the men in charge, such as Pirrie, Ismay,... Read more

Published 2 months ago by In the Bookcase
4.0 out of 5 starsNo diagrams, aargh!!!

The lack of diagrams--which you can find on the Internet--makes the technical descriptions and discussions difficult to follow. Read more

Published 5 months ago by Jonathan A. Titus
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

If your a titanic buff it's a must read very very interesting

Published 9 months ago by Big daddy
5.0 out of 5 starsMust be a "Must Have" for Titaniacs.

I actually gave the stars for my friend, it is a birthday gift. In early December his apartment flooded and his copy of this book was ruined. Read more

Published 15 months ago by rad
4.0 out of 5 starsWhether this conclusion is right or wrong doesn't detract from the...

Anyone interested in the Titanic should read this book for its wealth of technical information about how the ship was built. Read more

Published 17 months ago by William G. Schmidt
3.0 out of 5 starsMildly Entertaining But Doesn't Present Any New Secrets... Really

I’m not really a big fan of non-fiction but when my daughter picked this up at the Goodwill where she works part time, it was hard to resist. Read more

Published 20 months ago by Fred Rayworth
3.0 out of 5 starsA good book, but the title is fairly misleading....

I thought it was a pretty good book, and definitely an easy read, which I liked. I don't want to be overly critical, I thought it was very interesting and well-written. Read more

Published 23 months ago by P-Monster
5.0 out of 5 starsVery readable history of the Titanic.

Not only was the subject matter of the Titanic of general interest, but the writing was so engaging that it was difficult to put the book down until it was finished. Read more

Published on November 26, 2013 by Jan
5.0 out of 5 starsTitanic's Last Secret

This book follows up "Shadow Divers' (Kurson), which I devoured and recommended to everyone who would listen. Read more

Published on May 13, 2013 by Marcia D. Kellotat

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