Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea. This book was another that fell into the "I know how it ends, but I'm completely enrapt" category. Gary Kinder does a fantastic job of bringing the California gold rush to life with the recounting of the SS Central America which sank off the East Coast in 1857. My inner engineer has a mad crush on Tommy Thompson, a young man in the 1980s who set out to do a number of things no one had ever done before, including working in the deep ocean and using novel methods to find a hundred thirty year old wooden boat resting under 8,000 feet of water.
Now, sitting in the airport with a quick search to check a date, I've learned that the story is not quite over as Mr. Thompson has disappeared. Considered a fugitive, he hasn't been seen for over two years. Here's a link to the Columbus Monthly for this story.
I hope that all parties can still find a happy ending.
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