Fatal Treasure: Greed and Death, Emeralds and Gold, and the Obsessive Search for the Legendary Ghost Galleon Atocha

In real life-especially off the Florida coast-things can have fatal consequences. Fatal Treasure is a truly compelling read. -Aphrodite Jones, New York Times bestselling author of Cruel Sacrifice and All She Wanted In 1622, hundreds of people lost their lives to the curse of the Spanish galleon Atocha-and they would not be the last. Fatal Treasure combines the rousing adventure of Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea with the compelling characters and local color of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. It tells the powerful true story of the relentless quest to find the Atocha and reclaim her priceless treasures from the sea. You'll follow Mel Fisher, his family, and their intrepid team of treasure hunters as they dive beneath the treacherous waters of the Florida Straits and scour the ocean floor in search of gold, silver, and emeralds. And you'll discover that nearly four centuries after the shipwreck, the curse of the Atocha is still a deadly force. ""On this day, the sea once again relinquished its hold on the riches and glory of seventeenth-century Spain. And by the grace of God, I would share the moment of glory . . . . I was reaching for my eighth emerald, another big one, when the invisible hands squeezed my trachea. In desperation, I clutched at my throat to pry away the enemy's fingers. But no one had hold of me."" -From the Prologue

History

Smith, Jedwin

Americas

Trade Paper Press

Advance Praise for Our Brother's Keeper "Beautifully written and extraordinarily poignant, Our Brother's Keeper is a Vietnam book like none other. The ghosts of Vietnam are finally starting to circle home, and this remarkable writer has given them voice with passion and resonance. I love Jedwin Smith's Fatal Treasure; Our Brother's Keeper is even closer to the heart." -- Jeff Long, New York Times bestselling author of The Descent and The Reckoning "Our experience in Vietnam has been searingly recorded in both fiction and nonfiction, but no book about those years is quite like this one. Jedwin Smith's Our Brother's Keeper tells the story of one family that has lived with death by remembrance, and of a man who found redemption when he wanted revenge. It will break your heart, but change it, too." -- Michael Skube, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in criticism "I read Our Brother's Keeper in the span of an evening and found it deeply affecting and totally enthralling. This book is a haunting, gut-wrenching, and ultimately redemptive journey through time and the human heart. Magnificent." --Jack Kerley, author of The Hundredth Man

Our Brother's Keeper: My Family's Journey Through Vietnam To Hell And Back

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

In this book you will find — • The real reason why Israel is constantly under attack. • Those responsible for those attacks, and why. • How and why citizens of Israel — whether Jew or Arab — protect and defend their homeland against enemies. • A historical timeline of the modern-day nation with a view to terrorists trying to obliterate the Jews. • The roles of Christians in the region. • The growing worldwide spiritual hunger.— all told through the eyes of those who live there — some of whom escaped to Israel from persecution — and who fight for freedom and never forget the wolves are always at the door.

I AM ISRAEL: Lions and Lambs of the Land

Middle East

Blue Room Books

"Our Brother’s Keeper" is the story of all wars. While it is an unvarnished depiction of combat and its somber compilation of battlefield casualties, more importantly it is also the story of war’s staggering list of collateral damage—the family and friends of the slain. Since 1941, three generations have been seared by five catastrophic wars; for the present generation, it is Iraq and Afghanistan. But for author Jedwin Smith, his parents and his brothers and sisters, it is the haunting specter of Vietnam that will never be forgotten. Seemingly on a whim, Jeffrey Earl Smith, the author’s younger brother, put aside his anti-war sentiments and joined the Marines in July 1967. Sent to Vietnam four months later, his death during a Viet Cong ambush in March 1968 was the catalyst that finally ended his parents’ turbulent marriage and created a lost generation of Smith siblings. For the author, himself a former Marine, it was the beginning of a 32-year odyssey to track down the individual who killed his brother and extract revenge—a quest that takes the author across the country in search of the Marines who were at Jeff’s side on that horrific day three decades earlier, and ends in Vietnam at the village of Mai Xa Thi, where the author confronts Duong Tu Anh, the former VC commander responsible for the attack that killed Jeff. This encounter is chilling, extraordinary, and life-changing. "Our Brother’s Keeper" is more than a moving and beautifully written family saga of the Vietnam War and its bitter and ongoing aftermath, it is also an inspiring personal tale of loss and healing, anger and forgiveness, self-discovery—and the transcendent power of love.

Our Brother's Keeper: My Family's Journey Through Vietnam to Hell and Back

Parenting & Relationships

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Willie Nelson, Sports Fan: "I've been on the front pages, the business pages, the police pages, and the society pages. But I can't say as if I've ever been on the sports pages....and I'm a-likin' it already." Jerry Glanville, Football Coach: "You're such a great writer you made me look good. Friends for life and then some. I realize it was you that made me have twice the fun in half the time. There will never be another you!" Jedwin Smith relates the backstories to many of the features, interviews, and reporting he did over a 39 year career as a journalist.

A Marine and a Journalist walk into a bar.

Professionals & Academics

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Fatal Treasure: Greed and Death, Emeralds and Gold, and the Obsessive Search for the Legendary Ghost Galleon Atocha

Our Brother's Keeper: My Family's Journey Through Vietnam To Hell And Back

Fatal Treasure: Greed and Death, Emeralds and Gold, and the Obsessive Search for the Legendary Ghost Galleon Atocha

I AM ISRAEL: Lions and Lambs of the Land

Our Brother's Keeper: My Family's Journey Through Vietnam to Hell and Back

A Marine and a Journalist walk into a bar.