Description: Ship of Gold tells the story of the sinking of the SS Central America, a side-wheel steamer carrying nearly six hundred passengers returning from the California Gold Rush, two hundred miles off the Carolina coast in September 1857. Over four hundred lives and twenty-one tons of California gold were lost.
Review Quotes: A National Bestseller
"White-knuckle reading . . . A marvelous tale, with generous portions of history, adventure, intrigue, heroism, and high technology interwoven . . . Gary Kinder has the skill to put it all together, and luckily for us, we get to read it."--Los Angeles Times "Drawing on the extensive testimony of eyewitnesses and survivors, Kinder has reconstructed the sinking of the Central America in harrowing and often poignant detail."--New York Times "A twenty-four-carat sea classic."--New York Times Book Review "Engaging, magnificently researched . . . a complex, bittersweet history of two centuries of American entrepreneurship, linked by the mad quest for gold."--Entertainment Weekly "An old-fashioned seafaring adventure, awash in time and vigor . . . A ripping true tale of danger and discovery at sea."--Washington Post "Titanic meets Tom Clancy technology . . . Kinder has lashed together a thumping good narrative."--People "Kinder 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."--Atlantic Monthly "What a yarn! . . . If you sign on for the cruise, go in knowing that you're going to miss meals and a lot of sleep."--Newsweek "Gripping . . . the pages speed past."--Newsday "Extraordinarily gripping . . . An astounding and marvelous book."--Cleveland Plain Dealer "An extraordinarily good tale."--Chicago Tribune "Moving and riveting."--Philadelphia Inquirer "It wasn't easy money, but it sure is a great story. Kinder tells it in fascinating, exhaustive detail."--Time "Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea is nonfiction treasure . . . The book takes hold of you from page one and never lets go. history and heroics, science and suspense--Ship of Gold has that blockbuster feel."--Sailing "Worthy of the best fiction and enough action to shame James Bond."--Men's Journal