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

Kurson (Shadow Divers) provides the reader with an exceptional adventure of pirates, treasure, and searching for lost history. But it is not merely the thought of pirates and sunken treasure that keeps the reader's attention. Kurson's own style of writing and the story he tells is reason enough to read this narrative from cover to cover. The author reveals the psyche and determination of archaeologists John Chatterton (former host of History Channel's Deep Sea Detectives) and John Mattera in their search for the Golden Fleece wreck near Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, and what results is a fascinating historical account of the pirate Joseph Bannister. The reader gets two exciting tales in one book: the adventure, intrigue, and risk that Chatterton and Mattera face as they search for the Golden Fleece and Bannister as well as the story of Bannister's emergence as a pirate on the high seas in the 17th century. While the book is accessible, some of the terminology and history is appropriate to older audiences.