Customer Reviews
An excellent and interesting TREASURE for your very own! - By: , 10 Mar 1999 
You really must buy this book. And you must really buy it WITH "Ship of Goldin the Deep Blue Sea". At first I resented that "Ship of GOld" had no picturesin it; it was all text. And I still feel that way. But now I realize that the pictures of the disaster, & the history, & how the ship was found & the gold recovered, really DID deserve its own book. This book, along with its companion, "Ship of Gold", is my choice for BOOK of the YEAR!
The best GOLD-SALVAGE book of all time. - By: , 12 Dec 1998 Tommy Thompson's "America's Lost Treasure" is a fantastic history lesson, two exciting & intertwined adventure stories, & a picture text on how to do new & wonderful things. It is a coffee-table companion to Gary Kinder's "Ship of Goldin the Deep Blue Sea", & neither book is really complete without the other. The awesome picturesin "America's Lost Treasure" are exactly what the numismatic world has been clamoring for since the discovery & beginning of the salvage of the SS Central America first hit the newsin 1988. The lavish use of 19th century pictures, drawings, & accounts of the sailing & sinking of the SS Central America add to the careful archaeological records of the search & salvage of her wreck. But far the most impressive thingin this book are the stunning pictures of the tons of gold coins & bars both scattered on the deep ocean floor & arranged for display after recovery.
For an entertaining & educational read & two great adventure stories -- onein 1857 & onein the 1980's -- I highly recommend both "America's Lost Treasure" by Tommy Thompson & "Ship of Goldin the Deep Blue Sea" by Gary Kinder.
A must companion book to Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea - By: , 24 Nov 1998 The Ship of Goldin the Deep Blue Sea fired my imagination about what a shipwreaked steamer would look like after over 130 years on the bottom of the Atlantic. I was thrilled to find Tommy Thompson's "America's Lost Treasure". The pictures from the bottom are extraordinary & the story from Tommy's perspective adds icing to the cake. What are Tommy's newest projects? I'd like to know.
