
Fatal Dive
Solving the World War II Mystery of the USS Grunion
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Narrateur(s):
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Robertson Dean
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Auteur(s):
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Peter F. Stevens
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No radio distress call ever crackled from the submarine USS Grunion. In 1942, under the fog of World War II, the vessel simply vanished without a trace. For nearly sixty-five years, only a dead silence lingered regarding the fate of the sub and its seventy-man crew—until now. Here author Peter F. Stevens reveals the incredible true story of the search for and discovery of the Grunion—as well as the navy’s shocking and willful cover-up of the submarine’s baffling disappearance. The Grunion was discovered in 2006 after a decades-long search by the Abele brothers, whose father commanded the submarine and met his untimely death aboard it, but one question remained: what sank the USS Grunion? Now, for the first time ever, Fatal Dive reveals the answer: one of the Grunion’s own missiles. The navy knowingly sent the Grunion out with faulty torpedoes, and Fatal Dive reveals damning and never-before-published government documents that provide irrefutable evidence of its shameful cover-up. Intriguing and explosive, Fatal Dive finally lays to rest one of World War II’s greatest mysteries.
Peter F. Stevens, news and features editor of the Boston Irish Reporter, is a veteran journalist with a specialty in historical writing. His work is syndicated by the New York Times and has been published in dozens of magazines and newspapers. He is also a two-time winner of the International Regional Magazine Association’s Gold Medal for Feature Writing and the award-winning author of The Voyage of the Catalpa. He lives in Boston.
©2012 Peter F. Stevens (P)2012 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Ce que les critiques en disent
loved this book
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Mystery solved
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The real strength of the book, however, is the method Stevens uses to reveal the story: He jumps from news of the loss in 1942 to the undeniably harrowing discovery of the wreck in 2006 to a biography of Captain Jim Abele to the history of the USS Grunion herself to the dedicated search by Abele's sons after a Japanese blogger uncovered an account of a naval battle. Abandoning a strict chronological matrix for the documentary yields repeatedly refreshed interest.
The narration from Robertson Dean is similarly engrossing - if unspectacular. Yes, Dean reads too slowly (set playback at 1.20X for this one), but diction, timbre, cadence, and especially an obviously interested tone are all creditable. Blackstone Audio Inc. cast this project nicely.
Take in toto, this recording merits 8 stars out of 10. It would be a decent read/listen for anyone interested in relatively little-discussed events from World War II.
Also in it's favor, you could listen to 'Fatal Dive' on a long drive without fear of losing interest (if you're a casual listener, that's not always the case in audiobooks of this genre). If you can get the book for free as part of your subscription (as I did), do not hesitate. It would actually rate a Credit for a motivated listener.
[Incidentally - the man by man biography of all 80 lost crewmen (with anecdotes from their families) at the end of the book is incredibly well-done & appreciated]
Exceedingly Well-Written
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Fatal Dive
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