Excerpts from Book Reviews of
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
"Gary Kinder conns his literary vessel admirably, in fluent command of fascinating detail, judicial ramifications, and a disparate crew. The author writes beautifully - historical and technological reporting of a high order, as suspenseful and deft about the doomed steamer as the salvage vessels. Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea is a 24-carat sea classic."
— John Maxtone-Graham
The New York Times Book Review
"Mr. Kinder reconstructs the disaster, and many of the people involved, with hair-raising precision. [He] makes the shipwreck so enthralling that it seems any later events are doomed to anticlimax. Not so . . . it is a truly great tale, cleverly organized and expertly written."
— Phoebe Lou Adams
The Atlantic Monthly
"If you sign on for the cruise, go in knowing that you're going to miss meals and a lot of sleep. . . . Kinder steers his complicated narrative with a born storyteller's assurance. From his terrifying description of the sinking ship to his minute-by-minute account of Thompson's racing a competitor through a storm to put his claim before a federal judge, Kinder spins a tale as informative as it is knuckle-biting."
— Malcolm Jones, Jr.
Newsweek
"The opening sections of the book make for white-knuckle reading, as exciting as anything Sebastian Junger gave us in The Perfect Storm. And Gary Kinder can join Jules Verne, Bob Ballard and Tom Clancy in making underwater technology thrilling."
— Richard Ellis
front page of The Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Every now and then a book comes along with the thunderous self-assurance of an express train roaring down the tracks. One such book is Gary Kinder's Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea . . . . Kinder effortlessly leads the reader through the complex research, using data from every conceivable source, including official records, contemporary newspaper accounts, and survivors' correspondence."
— Norman N. Brown
front page of The Associated Press