Follow treasure hunter Tommy Thompson on his quest to find the SS Central America, which sank in 1875 off the southeast U.S. coast. He uses his sharp mind, tenacity, and cunning to uncover the ship and its enormous haul of gold. He is still imprisoned for refusing to disclose the location of some of it.Publisher's 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.
Preparing to receive a herd of elephants into the Thula Thula nature preserve in South Africa is an enormous undertaking. When the elephants arrive, they act erratically and dangerously. Eventually, with the patience and love of their human caretakers, they adapt to their new environment.
Paul Theroux has spent decades roaming the globe and writing of his experiences with remote people and far-flung places. Now, for the first time, he turns his attention to a corner of America—the Deep South. On a winding road trip through Mississippi, South Carolina, and elsewhere below the Mason-Dixon, Theroux discovers architectural and artistic wonders, incomparable music, mouth-watering cuisine—and also some of the worst schools, medical care, housing, and unemployment rates in the nation.