Clive cussler, the us author of the popular dirk pitt novels, has died at the age of 88. Writing the first two pitt novels, raise the titanic. Clive cussler books biography and list of works author. Clive cussler has accomplished a remarkable feat in blending high melodrama with exhaustively sound scientific research. Raise the titantic clive cussler adventure book author. Clive cussler, the author and maritime adventurer who captivated millions with his bestselling tales of suspense and who, between books, led scores of. The presidents secret task force has developed an unprecedente. Cussler wrote more than 2 dozen novels, including raise the titanic, in his series of dirk pitt novels.
Clive cussler, the bestselling author sometimes called the grand master of adventure, has died. A tidal wave of pounding excitement from the first page to the last. Cussler is the father of dirk cussler, who cowrote black wind 2004. New york clive cussler, the millionselling adventure writer and reallife thrillseeker who wove personal details and spectacular fantasies into his pageturning novels about underwater. Ein juancabrilloroman ebook written by clive cussler, boyd morrison. Clive cussler, bestselling author, has died in arizona at 88. Clive cussler, the bestselling author whose novels raise the titanic.
Jason robards, richard jordan, david selby, anne archer, alec guinness, bo brundin, m. Clive cussler began writing in 1965 when his wife took a job working nights for the local police department where they lived in california. Cussler s novel will satisfy the connoisseur of that doomed liners incredible history, and it will grip anyone with a taste for pure adventure. Clive cussler author, werner gronwald translator 4. Clive cussler, bestselling author and adventurer, is dead. In 1927, a daredevil american aviator vanishes on an attempted transcontinental flight. Cussler is hard to beat daily mail the fantastic fourth dirk pitt classic from multimillioncopy king of the adventure novel, clive cussler. His 1976 adventure novel, raise the titanic, also one of his dirk pitt books, became. Clive cussler, bestselling adventure novelist, dead at 88. It is undoubtedly the bestkept secret since the atomic bomb.
The sicilian project is the undercover plan of the decade. Once the auction was over and finding out that raise the titanic was the third dirk pitt novel, viking press bought them both for forty thousand dollar a piece. Clive cussler, millionselling adventure writer, dead at. He wrote 25 books in the adventure series, including sahara and raise the titanic, and sold more than 100. Cussler, 88, who split time between his homes in arizona and colorado, died monday at his. Clive cussler, author and underwater explorer, dead at 88.
New york ap clive cussler, the millionselling adventure writer and reallife thrillseeker who wove personal details and spectacular fantasies into his pageturning novels about underwater. Clive cussler adventure book author an official web site. Raise the titanic was cussler s first novel to have several plots going on at the same time and to have them all converge at the end. Based on the bestselling book by clive cussler, what hurt this movie most among fans of the book with how much a different from the written storyline. Clive cussler, an author known for his books about underwater shipwreck discoveries both real and imagined, died on monday, his family announced. Cussler was a fellow of the explorers club of new york, the royal geographical society in london, and the american society of oceanographers. It was a terrible tragedy, so many lives were lost, and god knows what else. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read piranha. As i said all those years ago, it would be cheaper to lower the atlantic than raise the titanic. One of the most common questions posed our membership relates to the identification of cussler first editions.
Hunt for red october raise the titanic by clancy, tom cussler, clive and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Clive cussler, prolific author and sea explorer, dead at. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Novelist and maritime adventurer clive cussler died at age 88 monday at his home in scottsdale, ariz. And in the present day, a fishing trawleralong with its mysterious cargosinks off the coast of scotland. The illinoisborn cussler dispatched characters dirk pitt and pal al giordino on exotic missions that ranged from the bold to the incredible. New york city ap clive cussler, the millionselling experience author and reallife thrillseeker that wove individual information and incredible dreams right into his pageturning books concerning undersea traveler dirk pitt, has actually passed away, his author claimed wednesday. Clive cussler books biography and list of works author of sahara. His past international bestsellers include pacific vortex, mediterranean caper, iceberg, raise the titanic, vixen 03, night probe, deep six, cyclops, treasure, dragon, sahara, inca gold, shock wave, flood tide, atlantis found, valhalla rising, trojan odyssey and black wind this last with his son, dirk cussler. Im todesnebel pacific vortex by clive cussler nook. Clive cussler, bestselling author and adventurer, dead at. Clive cussler biography clive cussler born july 15, 1931 in alhambra, california is an american adventure novelist. A sunday times bestseller cussler is hard to beat daily mailthe fantastic fourth dirk pitt classic from multimillioncopy king of the adventure novel, clive cussler. In all, cussler sold more than 100 million books, and hes.
Editions for raise the titanic 0425194523 mass market paperback published in 2004, kindle edition, 067172519x paperback published in 1988, kindl. Raise the titanic is the best of the dirk pitt books. In addition to the information provided below, we highly recommend wayne valleros book titled the collectors guide to clive cussler that provides a complete overview of cussler collecting. A blend of high adventure and high technology, generally involving megalomaniacal villains, lost ships, and sunken treasure. By the time of his death on february 24 of this year, cussler had published 26 additional dirk pitt tales, including 1976s raise the titanic. At the height of the cold war, america lives under the threat of nuclear attack by the soviet union. Two and a half miles beneath the icy north atlantic the mighty titanic holds the key to the safety of the free world. Not that im slamming the rest of them, but this one has it all. Use a premium usenet provider to download them 101.
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