About the Author
Robert Kurson received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin and a law degree from Harvard Law School. He practiced real estate law before becoming a writer. In 2000, Esquire published his first magazine story My Favorite Teacher, which became a finalist for a National show more Magazine Award. He won a National Magazine Award in 2006 for a profile in Esquire, which he later turned into a book. His stories have also appeared in Rolling Stone and The New York Times Magazine. He has written several books including Crashing Through, Shadow Divers, and Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Robert Kurson
Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World… (2004) 2,215 copies
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon (2018) 412 copies
The Official Three Stooges Encyclopedia: The Ultimate Knucklehead's Guide to Stoogedom--from Amalgamated Association of (1998) 36 copies
Into the Light 1 copy
Associated Works
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Contributor — 381 copies
Reader's Digest Today's Best Nonfiction 79 — Author — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Kurson, Robert A.
- Birthdate
- 1963-04-18
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Places of residence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Education
- University of Wisconsin (BA | 1986 ∙ Philsophy)
Harvard Law School (JD | 1990) - Occupations
- journalist
lawyer
editor - Organizations
- Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Magazine
Esquire - Agent
- The Lavin Agency
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Reviews
Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search… by Robert Kurson
Only one confirmed pirate ship had been found when two galleon hunters were lured away from certain treasure from a sunken Spanish ship to look for a pirate ship off an island in the Dominican Republic. Based on certain sources they were supposed to find it in a specific location and yet it wasn‘t there. Years of research, tenacity, & ingenuity landed them the big prize. This an excellent book, well written and researched. Highly recommended.
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Excellent! This was not a true pageturner for me but I enjoyed it from beginning to end and now I’m inspired to order a book on Apollo 13.
A riveting story of how a pirate ship was found including the personal, financial, and legal strains that go into the entire process. The background given of each man on this team of pirate hunters provides information as to the extremes to which they will go to reach their goals.
A fantastic book. At first, I was a bit thrown off by the writing style, and thought it dramatized things too much. But regardless, I couldn't put this book down. There were times when I surfaced from reading with a distinct feeling of having been there, of having touched that menacing shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean.
By the end of it, I was entirely engrossed in the story and its characters and the history of the mystery wreck. And then, in the epilogue, I learned that what I had thought embellished at first was actually meticulously researched and not overdramatic at all.
This will probably be my book of the year!… (more)
By the end of it, I was entirely engrossed in the story and its characters and the history of the mystery wreck. And then, in the epilogue, I learned that what I had thought embellished at first was actually meticulously researched and not overdramatic at all.
This will probably be my book of the year!… (more)
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