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For days, as I've been struggling through Gentile's book, I've been turning over in my mind what to write in a review. However, I just read the previous reviewer's comments, and he took the words right out of my mouth. This book was juvenile and unprofessional. It could have been done in a magazine article, as the diver who brought the topic to Gentile's attention suggested. I think if Gentile had actually had an editor look at the text and clean up all of his "emotionally-charged" verbage, it might have been worth reading and considering his points. However, he so loaded it with invective toward Chatterton and Kohler that it was indeed more like a first-grader's tattling than a professional writer who boasts about having written "over 30 books on wreck-diving". Got news for ya Gary, just because you've published 30 books, doesn't mean you know how to write. Kurson's book Shadow Diver's was much better written and a more enjoyable read that actually developed and told a story, whether the two protagonists exaggerated their exploits or not. The fact was, I read Shadow Divers to hear the story of the history and discovery of the U-869, what she's like now, what the diver's saw, etc. I don't give a rip about who performed CPR on who or who performed the primary research at the Naval Archives or who created the gate idea on the Andrea Doria. Gentile's book was choppy (skipped around a lot and you had no idea where some of the stuff came from or why it was being brought up, except to discredit Chatterton and Kohler in every way that Gentile could imagine), not pleasant to read, and actually insulting to the reader in it's tone and reference. Although the first half of the book is a waste, the appendicies are pretty interesting. They present current information on the condition of the sub, observations from other wreck-diving that Gentile has done, and info on other U-boats. That material was interesting reading, but it still continues the diatribe against Chatterton and Kohler wherever possible. I do not recommend wasting your TIME on this book, even if you can purchase it for 50c.