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Trapped under the Sea by Neil Swidey (2014, Hardcover, First Edition/1st Print)
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Publisher
Potter/Ten SPEED/Harmony/Rodale
ISBN-10
0307886727
ISBN-13
9780307886729
eBay Product ID (ePID)
166682685
Product Key Features
Book Title
Trapped under the Sea : One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the Darkness
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Topic
Environmental / Waste Management, White Collar Crime, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Marine & Naval
Genre
True Crime, Technology & Engineering, History
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
23.4 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
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2013-013657
Reviews
" Trapped Under the Sea is extraordinary. It bears comparison with The Perfect Storm in its brilliant evocation of everyday, working class men thrust into a harrowing, at times heroic confrontation with death and disaster." -- Dennis Lehane , author of Live By Night and Shutter Island "This book will take you on a journey into a fascinating but little-known world--it's the anatomy of a tragedy, a dramatic tale with a cast of vividly drawn characters, superbly written and researched." -- Jonathan Harr , author of A Civil Action and The Lost Painting " Trapped Under the Sea is a heartbreaking tale of real-life bravery, real-life bungling, and real-life tragedy. Neil Swidey is a terrific storyteller." -- Elizabeth Kolbert , author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe "Thrilling and beautifully told, Trapped Under the Sea delivers us into a dangerous and mysterious world, a place that speaks to our darkest fears and where heroes work, as Swidey so masterfully shows us, just beneath the surface of our everyday lives." -- Robert Kurson , author of Shadow Divers "A fascinating, sympathetic, and suspenseful look at a doomed, high-risk engineering job, the working class men who dared to undertake it, and its ripple effect on the survivors. Claustrophobic and compelling." -- Chuck Hogan , author of Devils in Exile and The Town "A marvel of masterful reporting and suspenseful writing. Neil Swidey has delivered a gripping, action-filled account of the human costs deep inside a feat of modern engineering. He has a remarkable knack for bringing to life indelible characters and making readers hold our breath as these brave men enter the claustrophobic world of their undersea lives." -- Mitchell Zuckoff , author of Frozen in Time and Lost in Shangri-La " Trapped Under the Sea offers vital insights into how organizations work--or fail to work--and how very smart people can make very bad decisions. Neil Swidey's riveting account of the Deer Island disaster should be essential reading for anyone in a position of leadership. I couldn't put it down." -- Amy Edmondson , Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School, and author of Teaming "A masterfully reported, grippingly written, and moving case study of how the emotional way we assess risk can lead to deadly mistakes. Nearly everyone in this sad story, driven by their own unique motivations, misjudged a deadly danger that was staring them in the face, and the results were tragic. There are lessons here, for all of us." -- David Ropeik , author of Risk! "With the pacing and feel of a special-ops adventure and the insight of a public-policy investigation, Swidey details the lives of the divers, leading up to their fateful mission, the horrors of the ordeal, and its aftermath as the survivors coped with trauma and guilt." -- Booklist , starred review "Gripping...This virtuoso performance combines insights into massive engineering projects, corporate litigation, environmental science, and cutthroat free-market behavior with vivid personal stories." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review , " Trapped Under the Sea is extraordinary. It bears comparison with The Perfect Storm in its brilliant evocation of everyday, working class men thrust into a harrowing, at times heroic confrontation with death and disaster." -- Dennis Lehane , author of Live By Night and Shutter Island "This book will take you on a journey into a fascinating but little-known world--it's the anatomy of a tragedy, a dramatic tale with a cast of vividly drawn characters, superbly written and researched." -- Jonathan Harr , author of A Civil Action and The Lost Painting " Trapped Under the Sea is a heartbreaking tale of real-life bravery, real-life bungling, and real-life tragedy. Neil Swidey is a terrific storyteller." -- Elizabeth Kolbert , author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe "A fascinating, sympathetic, and suspenseful look at a doomed, high-risk engineering job, the working class men who dared to undertake it, and its ripple effect on the survivors. Claustrophobic and compelling." -- Chuck Hogan , author of Devils in Exile and The Town "A marvel of masterful reporting and suspenseful writing. Neil Swidey has delivered a gripping, action-filled account of the human costs deep inside a feat of modern engineering. He has a remarkable knack for bringing to life indelible characters and making readers hold our breath as these brave men enter the claustrophobic world of their undersea lives." -- Mitchell Zuckoff , author of Frozen in Time and Lost in Shangri-La " Trapped Under the Sea offers vital insights into how organizations work--or fail to work--and how very smart people can make very bad decisions. Neil Swidey's riveting account of the Deer Island disaster should be essential reading for anyone in a position of leadership. I couldn't put it down." -- Amy Edmondson , Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School, and author of Teaming "A masterfully reported, grippingly written, and moving case study of how the emotional way we assess risk can lead to deadly mistakes. Nearly everyone in this sad story, driven by their own unique motivations, misjudged a deadly danger that was staring them in the face, and the results were tragic. There are lessons here, for all of us." -- David Ropeik , author of Risk! "Thrilling and beautifully told, Trapped Under the Sea delivers us into a dangerous and mysterious world, a place that speaks to our darkest fears and where heroes work, as Swidey so masterfully shows us, just beneath the surface of our everyday lives." -- Robert Kurson , author of Shadow Divers "With the pacing and feel of a special-ops adventure and the insight of a public-policy investigation, Swidey details the lives of the divers, leading up to their fateful mission, the horrors of the ordeal, and its aftermath as the survivors coped with trauma and guilt." -- Booklist, starred review, "A harrowing account of how commercial divers risk their lives to improve ours. After reading Neil Swidey''s engrossing Trapped Under the Sea , you will never look at a bridge or tunnel in the same way." --Men''s Journal "Neil Swidey''s detail-rich account of this unlikely disaster is a stirring tribute to the men, how they lived, and how they died." --Mother Jones " Trapped Under the Sea is extraordinary. It bears comparison with The Perfect Storm in its brilliant evocation of everyday, working class men thrust into a harrowing, at times heroic confrontation with death and disaster." -- Dennis Lehane , author of Live By Night and Shutter Island "This book will take you on a journey into a fascinating but little-known world--it''s the anatomy of a tragedy, a dramatic tale with a cast of vividly drawn characters, superbly written and researched." -- Jonathan Harr , author of A Civil Action and The Lost Painting " Trapped Under the Sea is a heartbreaking tale of real-life bravery, real-life bungling, and real-life tragedy. Neil Swidey is a terrific storyteller." -- Elizabeth Kolbert , author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe "Thrilling and beautifully told, Trapped Under the Sea delivers us into a dangerous and mysterious world, a place that speaks to our darkest fears and where heroes work, as Swidey so masterfully shows us, just beneath the surface of our everyday lives." -- Robert Kurson , author of Shadow Divers "A fascinating, sympathetic, and suspenseful look at a doomed, high-risk engineering job, the working class men who dared to undertake it, and its ripple effect on the survivors. Claustrophobic and compelling." -- Chuck Hogan , author of Devils in Exile and The Town "A marvel of masterful reporting and suspenseful writing. Neil Swidey has delivered a gripping, action-filled account of the human costs deep inside a feat of modern engineering. He has a remarkable knack for bringing to life indelible characters and making readers hold our breath as these brave men enter the claustrophobic world of their undersea lives." -- Mitchell Zuckoff , author of Frozen in Time and Lost in Shangri-La " Trapped Under the Sea offers vital insights into how organizations work--or fail to work--and how very smart people can make very bad decisions. Neil Swidey''s riveting account of the Deer Island disaster should be essential reading for anyone in a position of leadership. I couldn''t put it down." -- Amy Edmondson , Harvard Business School Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management and author of Teaming "A masterfully reported, grippingly written, and moving case study of how the emotional way we assess risk can lead to deadly mistakes. Nearly everyone in this sad story, driven by their own unique motivations, misjudged a deadly danger that was staring them in the face, and the results were tragic. There are lessons here, for all of us." -- David Ropeik , author of Risk! "With the pacing and feel of a special-ops adventure and the insight of a public-policy investigation, Swidey details the lives of the divers, leading up to their fateful mission, the horrors of the ordeal, and its aftermath as the survivors coped with trauma and guilt." -- Booklist , starred review "Gripping...This virtuoso performance combines insights into massive engineering projects, corporate litigation, environmental science, and cutthroat free-market behavior with vivid personal stories." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Enlightening...Provides immense detail about the challenges, solutions, politics, management, legalities, and personnel involved in a huge, expensive, necessary project that transformed Boston Harbor from an open sewer into a recreational area...yet never loses sight of the people involved." --Library Journal , starred review "A story of infrastructure told on a human scale and a trenchant reminder that the modern metropolis comes with high risks and savage costs." - Kirkus Reviews, " Trapped Under the Sea is extraordinary. It bears comparison with The Perfect Storm in its brilliant evocation of everyday, working class men thrust into a harrowing, at times heroic confrontation with death and disaster." -- Dennis Lehane , author of Live By Night and Shutter Island "This book will take you on a journey into a fascinating but little-known world--it's the anatomy of a tragedy, a dramatic tale with a cast of vividly drawn characters, superbly written and researched." -- Jonathan Harr , author of A Civil Action and The Lost Painting " Trapped Under the Sea is a heartbreaking tale of real-life bravery, real-life bungling, and real-life tragedy. Neil Swidey is a terrific storyteller." -- Elizabeth Kolbert , author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe "Thrilling and beautifully told, Trapped Under the Sea delivers us into a dangerous and mysterious world, a place that speaks to our darkest fears and where heroes work, as Swidey so masterfully shows us, just beneath the surface of our everyday lives." -- Robert Kurson , author of Shadow Divers "A fascinating, sympathetic, and suspenseful look at a doomed, high-risk engineering job, the working class men who dared to undertake it, and its ripple effect on the survivors. Claustrophobic and compelling." -- Chuck Hogan , author of Devils in Exile and The Town "A marvel of masterful reporting and suspenseful writing. Neil Swidey has delivered a gripping, action-filled account of the human costs deep inside a feat of modern engineering. He has a remarkable knack for bringing to life indelible characters and making readers hold our breath as these brave men enter the claustrophobic world of their undersea lives." -- Mitchell Zuckoff , author of Frozen in Time and Lost in Shangri-La " Trapped Under the Sea offers vital insights into how organizations work--or fail to work--and how very smart people can make very bad decisions. Neil Swidey's riveting account of the Deer Island disaster should be essential reading for anyone in a position of leadership. I couldn't put it down." -- Amy Edmondson , Harvard Business School Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management and author of Teaming "A masterfully reported, grippingly written, and moving case study of how the emotional way we assess risk can lead to deadly mistakes. Nearly everyone in this sad story, driven by their own unique motivations, misjudged a deadly danger that was staring them in the face, and the results were tragic. There are lessons here, for all of us." -- David Ropeik , author of Risk! "With the pacing and feel of a special-ops adventure and the insight of a public-policy investigation, Swidey details the lives of the divers, leading up to their fateful mission, the horrors of the ordeal, and its aftermath as the survivors coped with trauma and guilt." -- Booklist , starred review "Gripping...This virtuoso performance combines insights into massive engineering projects, corporate litigation, environmental science, and cutthroat free-market behavior with vivid personal stories." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review , " Trapped Under the Sea is extraordinary. It bears comparison with The Perfect Storm in its brilliant evocation of everyday, working class men thrust into a harrowing, at times heroic confrontation with death and disaster." -- Dennis Lehane , author of Live By Night and Shutter Island "This book will take you on a journey into a fascinating but little-known world--it's the anatomy of a tragedy, a dramatic tale with a cast of vividly drawn characters, superbly written and researched." -- Jonathan Harr , author of A Civil Action and The Lost Painting " Trapped Under the Sea is a heartbreaking tale of real-life bravery, real-life bungling, and real-life tragedy. Neil Swidey is a terrific storyteller." -- Elizabeth Kolbert , author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe "A fascinating, sympathetic, and suspenseful look at a doomed, high-risk engineering job, the working class men who dared to undertake it, and its ripple effect on the survivors. Claustrophobic and compelling." -- Chuck Hogan , author of Devils in Exile and The Town "A marvel of masterful reporting and suspenseful writing. Neil Swidey has delivered a gripping, action-filled account of the human costs deep inside a feat of modern engineering. He has a remarkable knack for bringing to life indelible characters and making readers hold our breath as these brave men enter the claustrophobic world of their undersea lives." -- Mitchell Zuckoff , author of Frozen in Time and Lost in Shangri-La " Trapped Under the Sea offers vital insights into how organizations work--or fail to work--and how very smart people can make very bad decisions. Neil Swidey's riveting account of the Deer Island disaster should be essential reading for anyone in a position of leadership. I couldn't put it down." -- Amy Edmondson , Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School, and author of Teaming "A masterfully reported, grippingly written, and moving case study of how the emotional way we assess risk can lead to deadly mistakes. Nearly everyone in this sad story, driven by their own unique motivations, misjudged a deadly danger that was staring them in the face, and the results were tragic. There are lessons here, for all of us." -- David Ropeik , author of Risk! "Thrilling and beautifully told, Trapped Under the Sea delivers us into a dangerous and mysterious world, a place that speaks to our darkest fears and where heroes work, as Swidey so masterfully shows us, just beneath the surface of our everyday lives." -- Robert Kurson , author of Shadow Divers, "Neil Swidey''s detail-rich account of this unlikely disaster is a stirring tribute to the men, how they lived, and how they died." --Mother Jones " Trapped Under the Sea is extraordinary. It bears comparison with The Perfect Storm in its brilliant evocation of everyday, working class men thrust into a harrowing, at times heroic confrontation with death and disaster." -- Dennis Lehane , author of Live By Night and Shutter Island "This book will take you on a journey into a fascinating but little-known world--it''s the anatomy of a tragedy, a dramatic tale with a cast of vividly drawn characters, superbly written and researched." -- Jonathan Harr , author of A Civil Action and The Lost Painting " Trapped Under the Sea is a heartbreaking tale of real-life bravery, real-life bungling, and real-life tragedy. Neil Swidey is a terrific storyteller." -- Elizabeth Kolbert , author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe "Thrilling and beautifully told, Trapped Under the Sea delivers us into a dangerous and mysterious world, a place that speaks to our darkest fears and where heroes work, as Swidey so masterfully shows us, just beneath the surface of our everyday lives." -- Robert Kurson , author of Shadow Divers "A fascinating, sympathetic, and suspenseful look at a doomed, high-risk engineering job, the working class men who dared to undertake it, and its ripple effect on the survivors. Claustrophobic and compelling." -- Chuck Hogan , author of Devils in Exile and The Town "A marvel of masterful reporting and suspenseful writing. Neil Swidey has delivered a gripping, action-filled account of the human costs deep inside a feat of modern engineering. He has a remarkable knack for bringing to life indelible characters and making readers hold our breath as these brave men enter the claustrophobic world of their undersea lives." -- Mitchell Zuckoff , author of Frozen in Time and Lost in Shangri-La " Trapped Under the Sea offers vital insights into how organizations work--or fail to work--and how very smart people can make very bad decisions. Neil Swidey''s riveting account of the Deer Island disaster should be essential reading for anyone in a position of leadership. I couldn''t put it down." -- Amy Edmondson , Harvard Business School Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management and author of Teaming "A masterfully reported, grippingly written, and moving case study of how the emotional way we assess risk can lead to deadly mistakes. Nearly everyone in this sad story, driven by their own unique motivations, misjudged a deadly danger that was staring them in the face, and the results were tragic. There are lessons here, for all of us." -- David Ropeik , author of Risk! "With the pacing and feel of a special-ops adventure and the insight of a public-policy investigation, Swidey details the lives of the divers, leading up to their fateful mission, the horrors of the ordeal, and its aftermath as the survivors coped with trauma and guilt." -- Booklist , starred review "Gripping...This virtuoso performance combines insights into massive engineering projects, corporate litigation, environmental science, and cutthroat free-market behavior with vivid personal stories." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Enlightening...Provides immense detail about the challenges, solutions, politics, management, legalities, and personnel involved in a huge, expensive, necessary project that transformed Boston Harbor from an open sewer into a recreational area...yet never loses sight of the people involved." --Library Journal , starred review, " Trapped Under the Sea is extraordinary. It bears comparison with The Perfect Storm in its brilliant evocation of everyday, working class men thrust into a harrowing, at times heroic confrontation with death and disaster." -- Dennis Lehane , author of Live By Night and Shutter Island "This book will take you on a journey into a fascinating but little-known world--it's the anatomy of a tragedy, a dramatic tale with a cast of vividly drawn characters, superbly written and researched." -- Jonathan Harr , author of A Civil Action and The Lost Painting " Trapped Under the Sea is a heartbreaking tale of real-life bravery, real-life bungling, and real-life tragedy. Neil Swidey is a terrific storyteller." -- Elizabeth Kolbert , author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe "A marvel of masterful reporting and suspenseful writing. Neil Swidey has delivered a gripping, action-filled account of the human costs deep inside a feat of modern engineering. He has a remarkable knack for bringing to life indelible characters like DJ, Hoss, Tap, Dave, Tim and Billy, and for making readers hold our breath as these brave men enter the claustrophobic world of their undersea lives." -- Mitchell Zuckoff , author of Frozen in Time and Lost in Shangri-La " Trapped Under the Sea offers vital insights into how organizations work--or fail to work--and how very smart people can make very bad decisions. Neil Swidey's riveting account of the Deer Island disaster should be essential reading for anyone in a position of leadership. I couldn't put it down." -- Amy Edmondson , Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School, and author of Teaming "A masterfully reported, grippingly written, and moving case study of how the emotional way we assess risk can lead to deadly mistakes. Nearly everyone in this sad story, driven by their own unique motivations, misjudged a deadly danger that was staring them in the face, and the results were tragic. There are lessons here, for all of us." -- David Ropeik , author of Risk! "Thrilling and beautifully told, Trapped Under the Sea delivers us into a dangerous and mysterious world, a place that speaks to our darkest fears and where heroes work, as Swidey so masterfully shows us, just beneath the surface of our everyday lives." -- Robert Kurson , author of Shadow Divers
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
363.11/9628390974461
Synopsis
The harrowing story of five men who were sent into a dark, airless, miles-long tunnel, hundreds of feet below the ocean, to do a nearly impossible job--with deadly results A quarter-century ago, Boston had the dirtiest harbor in America. The city had been dumping sewage into it for generations, coating the seafloor with a layer of "black mayonnaise." Fisheries collapsed, wildlife fled, and locals referred to floating tampon applicators as "beach whistles." In the 1990s, work began on a state-of-the-art treatment plant and a 10-mile-long tunnel--its endpoint stretching farther from civilization than the earth's deepest ocean trench--to carry waste out of the harbor. With this impressive feat of engineering, Boston was poised to show the country how to rebound from environmental ruin. But when bad decisions and clashing corporations endangered the project, a team of commercial divers was sent on a perilous mission to rescue the stymied cleanup effort. Five divers went in; not all of them came out alive. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents collected over five years of reporting, award-winning writer Neil Swidey takes us deep into the lives of the divers, engineers, politicians, lawyers, and investigators involved in the tragedy and its aftermath, creating a taut, action-packed narrative. The climax comes just after the hard-partying DJ Gillis and his friend Billy Juse trade assignments as they head into the tunnel, sentencing one of them to death. An intimate portrait of the wreckage left in the wake of lives lost, the book--which Dennis Lehane calls "extraordinary" and compares with The Perfect Storm-- is also a morality tale. What is the true cost of these large-scale construction projects, as designers and builders, emboldened by new technology and pressured to address a growing population's rapacious needs, push the limits of the possible? This is a story about human risk--how it is calculated, discounted, and transferred--and the institutional failures that can lead to catastrophe. Suspenseful yet humane, Trapped Under the Sea reminds us that behind every bridge, tower, and tunnel--behind the infrastructure that makes modern life possible--lies unsung bravery and extraordinary sacrifice.
LC Classification Number
TD524.M4S95 2014
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- j***j (1675)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseReasonably priced. Quick responses. Fast delivery. Well packaged. Hardcover arrived in “Very Good” condition as advertised on a rare item. The 1st edition book came protected in a Mylar cover. A+. Top notch eBay seller. Thank you! :-)A Tear and a Smile ~ KAHLIL GIBRAN 1978 Knopf Borzoi Hardcover Clean Dust Jacket (#403773083026)
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