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Where Divers Dare: The Hunt for the Last U-Boat Hardcover – Illustrated, 7 April 2016

by Randall Peffer (Author)
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On April 16, 1944, the tanker SS Pan Pennsylvania was torpedoed and sunk by the U-550. In return the sub was sent to the bottom by three destroyer escorts which were guarding the convoy. For more than 60 years the location of the U-boat s wreck eluded divers.

In 2012, a team found it. This was the last undiscovered U-boat in diveable waters off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, more than three hundred feet below the surface, nearly one hundred feet deeper than the sub in Shadow Divers (Random House, 2004).

This is the story of their 20 year quest to find the Holy Grail of deep sea diving and the tenacious efforts to dive on this treacherous wreck.
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    320 pages
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    English
  3. Publisher
    Berkley Books
  4. Publication date
    7 April 2016
  5. Dimensions
    16.03 x 2.69 x 23.65 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0425276368
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0425276365
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"Peffer ably conveys the lures and danger of the sport of deep-wreck diving...[and] tempers the excitement of coming upon a "virgin wreck" with the dreaded responsibility of learning what happened to the lost crewmen...A nicely handled work that moves back and forth between the two narratives and provides suspense and also a sense of compassion for the victims."--Kirkus Reviews

"In this well-told tale of real adventure at sea, Peffer...deftly combines WWII military history with an exciting account of a group of deep wreck divers searching for one of the most elusive and sought-after prizes: the sunken remains of the German submarine U-550...[A] true story of bravery [and] compassion."--Publishers Weekly

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Randall Peffer is the author of eight nonfiction books, most with a nautical angle, as well as nine crime/suspense novels. His first book, Watermen, is a documentary of the lives of the Chesapeake's fishermen. It won the Baltimore Sun's Critic's Choice Award and was Maryland Book of the Year. His novel Provincetown Follies, Bangkok Blues was a Lambda Award finalist and has been optioned for film by producer Barr Potter of Tripod Entertainment. The son of a career naval officer, Peffer holds a 100-ton masters license and has logged over one hundred thousand miles at sea, mostly in traditional working vessels. Peffer teaches writing and literature at Phillips Academy, Andover.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley Books; Illustrated edition (7 April 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0425276368
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0425276365
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.03 x 2.69 x 23.65 cm
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Randall Peffer is the author of twelve nonfiction books and ten romantic suspense novels. His book Watermen (Johns Hopkins) is a documentary of the lives of the Chesapeake’s fishermen. It won the Baltimore Sun’s Critic’s Choice award and was Maryland Book of the Year. His novel Provincetown Follies, Bangkok Blues was a Lambda Award finalist. His recent book Where Divers Dare: The Hunt for the Last U-boat (Penguin Random House) debuted as one of Amazon’s “Hot New Reads.”

Peffer's latest novel (2023) Forever Barcelona is a love story set against a season of bullfighting in Barcelona and Pamplona. The novel is an out growth of his award-winning National Geographic feature "Catalonia: Spain's Country Within a Country."

In 2023 he also published Windward Passage with photographer Steve Jost and designer Ron Geisman, The book is a large-format history and tribute to the legendary maxi racing yacht of the same name.

Peffer’s nonfiction narrative Never to Return co-authored with Robert Nersasian (Lyons Press) launched in the fall of 2017 and has a perfect five-star rating on Amazon. Never to Return is the harrowing tale of the torpedoing and sinking of a Coast Guard destroyer escort and the loss of 171 Coast Guardsmen off the coast of Iceland during WWII—the worst wartime disaster in U.S. Coast Guard history. Lyons Press launched Dangerous Shallows: In Search of the Ghost Ships of Cape Cod in 2020, a book Peffer co-authored with the highly-respected deep-wreck diver Eric Takakjian.

Peffer has published over 350 travel/lifestyle features for magazines like National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Smithsonian, Reader’s Digest, Travel Holiday, Islands, Yankee, Sail, and Wooden Boat. His travel features have appeared in most U.S. major metro dailies, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, San Francisco Examiner, and Los Angeles Times.

The son of a career naval officer, Peffer holds a 100-ton master’s license and has logged over 100,000 miles at sea, mostly in traditional working vessels. He has been the captain of the research schooner Sarah Abbot for thirty-eight years.

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  • Elinvar
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 July 2018
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    What a pleasant change to be able to write a positive review about a new book. It is difficult to find fault with this book. I don't think the author is a diver, but there appear to be no technical errors when describing diving equipment and techniques. The only error I spotted was an incorrect caption on an underwater photo of U-550's bow. My only (very minor) criticism is that I would have liked to have seen more photos of some of the key players. For example, there is no photo of Robert Wilcox, the captain of the vessel that rescued some of U-550's crew, who emerges as the hero of the story.
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  • S. Lovell
    4.0 out of 5 stars Easy and Interesting read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 February 2021
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    Well researched book with a little poetic licence. Nevertheless a good read.
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  • CUrrete
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 October 2016
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    Lots of interesting details about the risks of wreck diving.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Daring
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 May 2016
    Love this book right here. Excellent read because Peffer brings the perfect balance between story, history, and pure adventure.
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  • Nancy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Remarkable Read
    Reviewed in the United States on 6 May 2016
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    As the daughter of a veteran survivor of the SS Pan Pennsylvania I read this book with a keen interest and can say that the author did a phenomenal job of recreating the true historical events as a story that truly captivates the reader and makes him feel as if he is there. From the recreation of the battle to the search and discovery for the long missing U boat we are taken on an emotional roller coaster ride that encompasses everything from fear, anxiety, determination and camaraderie to pure joy and elation.
    We learn the dangers encountered in diving through the background stories of the divers whose relentless sense of adventure and search for the truth led them on this journey.
    The author did an impeccable job in his research and, although I knew the ending, I was overwhelmed by the vivid details and the accounts of the unlikely friendships and the bonding that occurs in wartime and peace.
    It is a remarkable read and, once started, a book that can not be put down. I highly recommend it.
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  • Amazon Kunde
    5.0 out of 5 stars Spannung und Sesibilität
    Reviewed in Germany on 1 June 2016
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    So ist es gewesen, ein mitreissendes Buch von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite. Kaufempfehlung für alle, die auch die andere Seite des Ubootfahrens und die Geschichte dahinter und danach kennenlernen wollen.
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  • Phil Seifert
    4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Coverage of all Aspects of U-550
    Reviewed in the United States on 29 September 2016
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    Good overview of the battle and search that brought about the recovery. A lot of detail on each of the dive team, perhaps a bit too much. A great story in bringing together and covering activities that brought together members of former war adversaries between the US and Germany, both as a result of the dive team and what transpired earlier. Good photos.
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  • Adam L
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing tenacity and seafaring brotherhood in 1944 and 2012
    Reviewed in the United States on 1 September 2016
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    A very good read about the divers who found U-550 after years of searching and then diving past 100m to see her resting place in the northern Atlantic Ocean. Also, a dramatic read about the times in which she sailed, hunted and how U-550 was eventually sunk after being depthcharged, shelled and machine gunned just 120 miles from New York in 1944.

    The first third of the book is the recreation of events in 1944 that led to the battle at sea which ultimately claimed an oil tanker, the U-550 and 65 soles. The account draws on a great deal of research including interviews with survivors on both sides of the battle. A good noveller in its own right.

    The last two thirds is the story of the divers that sought to find U-550 almost 70 years later. Their back-stories and experiences that enabled these divers to be capable of diving on her are entertaining, sobering and enlightening as is the account of their dives down to and into U-550 where they were able to help piece together what happened in her final minutes before being consumed by the Atlantic. The account of their meetings with the last survivors of the U-550 is particularly memorable.

    Highly recommended.
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  • College Professor
    5.0 out of 5 stars Unforgettable
    Reviewed in the United States on 6 May 2016
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    Peffer brings the seaman's perspective, the reporter's instincts, the novelist's craftsmanship and the hero's sense of adventure to bear in his telling of this amazing story. The commander of the Nazi submarine comes face-to-face with the US captain who has sunk his vessel and the two of them become true friends. But the heart of the book belongs to the men who against long odds decide they will find this submarine -- buried by more than 300 feet of water and 60 years of time. What brings and holds together the remarkable swaths of history, technology, ingenuity and exploration is Peffer's deep commitment to finding and revealing the underlying humanity in each endeavor. One finishes the book understanding that these seemingly disparate threads were destined to be woven together by the connections that emerge in this masterful reconstruction.
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