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Pirate Hunters

Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship

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Pirate Hunters

Auteur(s): Robert Kurson
Narrateur(s): Ray Porter
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 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE • A thrilling adventure of danger and deep-sea diving, historic mystery and suspense, by the author of Shadow Divers

Finding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. But two men—John Chatterton and John Mattera—are willing to risk everything to find the Golden Fleece, the ship of the infamous pirate Joseph Bannister. At large during the Golden Age of Piracy in the seventeenth century, Bannister should have been immortalized in the lore of the sea—his exploits more notorious than Blackbeard’s, more daring than Kidd’s. But his story, and his ship, have been lost to time. If Chatterton and Mattera succeed, they will make history—it will be just the second time ever that a pirate ship has been discovered and positively identified. Soon, however, they realize that cutting-edge technology and a willingness to lose everything aren’t enough to track down Bannister’s ship. They must travel the globe in search of historic documents and accounts of the great pirate’s exploits, face down dangerous rivals, battle the tides of nations and governments and experts. But it’s only when they learn to think and act like pirates—like Bannister—that they become able to go where no pirate hunters have gone before.

Fast-paced and filled with suspense, fascinating characters, history, and adventure, Pirate Hunters is an unputdownable story that goes deep to discover truths and souls long believed lost.

Praise for Pirate Hunters

“You won’t want to put [it] down.”—Los Angeles Times

“An exceptional adventure . . . Highly recommended to readers who delight in adventure, suspense, and the thrill of discovering history at their fingertips.”—Library Journal (starred review)

“A terrific read . . . The book gallops along at a blistering pace, shifting us deftly between the seventeenth century and the present day.”—Diver

“Nonfiction with the trademarks of a novel: the plots and subplots, the tension and suspense . . . [Kurson has] found gold.”—The Dallas Morning News

“Rollicking . . . a fascinating [story] about the world of pirates, piracy, and priceless treasures.”—The Boston Globe

“[Kurson’s] narration is just as engrossing as the subject.”—The Christian Science Monitor

“A wild ride [and an] extraordinary adventure . . . Kurson’s own enthusiasm, combined with his copious research and an eye for detail, makes for one of the most mind-blowing pirate stories of recent memory, one that even the staunchest landlubber will have a hard time putting down.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“The two contemporary pirate-ship seekers of Mr. Kurson’s narrative are as daring, intrepid, tough and talented as Blood and Sparrow—and Bannister. . . . As depicted by the author, they are real-life Hemingway heroes.”—The Wall Street Journal

“[Kurson] takes his knowledge of the underwater world and applies it to the ‘Golden Age of Piracy’ . . . thrillingly detailing the highs and lows of chasing not just gold and silver but also history.”—Booklist

“A great thriller full of tough guys and long odds . . . and: It’s all true.”—Lee Child Amériques Monde Voyage et aventure Aventure Pirate Suspense Caraïbes
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Kurson is masterful at telling a story within a story :) Nailed it once again!

Fantastic!

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Really like the layout and story telling, great climactic points rolling into twists in the endeavours

Great title , can’t wait to go out exploring some more

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Robert Kurson is a great storyteller. Some historical books can sound like a textbook when going into the old information. This was told like how a friend would tell you a story. It was a great listen.

Kept Listening

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What’s not to love about this book? It’s got salty old divers, mob stories, pirate stories, discovery, hard times all in an 8 hour story. Stop reading this and listen to it now.

Another classic by Kurson

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Great story & even better because it’s true. Many of us recreational divers can only dream of such an adventure even if we don’t have the will,determination, abilities or willing to tolerate the risk. So instead, we can live it vicariously through these brilliant men. The narrator is awesome & has the exceptional ability to “tell the story by painting an audible picture for us & keeping us on the edge of our seat.” I listened to the last few chapters with my five gear on. Lol Well done!!

Fantastic adventure

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in spite of my bias, the characters are inspiring in that they are so driven in their endeavor. I got a real sense of the world of diving and gained perspective on dive clubs.

Bias over subject matter.

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This book was a true delight. I love pirates ☠ as a child and this was such a good storey full of cool facts.

amazing book

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It's decent, but I feel that the author really had to stretch out the source material to make it into a book.
I was just interested in the story about the search for the pirate ship, but so many detours are taken. I got tired of hearing about how manly and cool and smart Joseph Bannister was. I feel there was excessive detail about the personal stories of each individual on the search team. And did I mention how cool and clever Joseph Bannister was? He faced down two frigates at once!
There's also some weird romanticisation of pirates, talking about how they all got an equal vote on the ship, how the captain was only paid 2-3x what a typical crewman made, and how pirates were more enlightened than everyone else, because they had freed slaves serving on their crews, over a hundred years before slavery was made illegal in America. Or something like that.
Did I mention how super daring and cool Joseph Bannister is? And how he fought two frigates and won? and how we need to think like him if we want to find his ship? Because the book retreads this like, a dozen times.
I just feel like the author is blowing this whole thing out of proportion. Is finding a pirate ship REALLY such a big deal? The author insists upon it so many times, that I'm not so sure anymore. Actually, most of the search results for "Golden Fleece" just point back to stuff that these guys have written. The Golden Fleece doesn't even have its own wikipedia page. Not that that's a particularly good benchmark for measuring importance. Ah, whatever. I have no idea what I'm talking about.
I did find several parts of the book enjoyable, but ultimately it wasn't my cup of tea.

Seems exaggerated

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I was looking forward to the trials and tribulations of searching for pirate ships, however, the filler stories sometimes seemed unnecessary. In particular, the extended story about the mafia life in New York was a bit much. You can skip that and be quite Awestruck by what it takes to find these vessels.

Good but too much NY mafia

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