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A new search for John Paul Jones' Bonhomme Richard
The Virginian-Pilot ^ | 13 Sep 10 | Earl Kelly

Posted on 09/14/2010 11:02:33 AM PDT by GATOR NAVY

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Sounds like they really have their work cut out for them. Good luck.
1 posted on 09/14/2010 11:02:35 AM PDT by GATOR NAVY
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To: GATOR NAVY
Clive Cussler (of Dirk Pitt fame), who found the Hunley, has looked for the Bonhomme Richard at least twice.
2 posted on 09/14/2010 11:07:12 AM PDT by nina0113
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Clive Cussler is now an enviro-weenie. At least that’s the conclusion I came to during the reading of one of his latest books.


3 posted on 09/14/2010 11:18:09 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: GATOR NAVY
The John Paul Jones' crypt below the US Naval Academy chapel is one of the most gorgeous examples of its kind that I've ever seen. When I was a midshipman, I used to take my books and go into the crypt area for the peace and quiet that to study.


4 posted on 09/14/2010 11:22:31 AM PDT by BlueLancer (I'm getting a fine tootsy-frootsying right here...)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Most of his books from the last 10 years have been co-authored with someone else, so it may be their influences. Or maybe not.


5 posted on 09/14/2010 11:23:46 AM PDT by gop4lyf (Obama wants to raise taxes and kill babies. Palin wants to raise babies and kill taxes.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Did he write it himself, or was it with someone else? He’s got two other guys helping with the two different series, Oregon (?) Files with Captain Juan-Somebody and the new NUMA one with Kurt-Somebody. I didn’t care for either series, and I’m not sure what the “with” means - my guess is that he gives them the plot, they write it, and he polishes it. I think he still writes the Pitt ones himself.


6 posted on 09/14/2010 11:24:56 AM PDT by nina0113
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Clive Cussler strikes me as a fun guy to have a beer with. What better way to spend your millions than hunting for shipwrecks?

"The Sea Hunters" was a good read...at least the 'nonfiction' parts.

7 posted on 09/14/2010 11:31:34 AM PDT by wbill
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It was the mostly forgettable book that had to do with the Northwest passage opening up. Written with someone else. And I’m sure you’re right. A commercial writer writes the books, and he polishes them up. Virtually no work for him, and the pop writer gets to cash in on Cussler’s famous name.


8 posted on 09/14/2010 11:32:29 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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At least that’s the conclusion I came to during the reading of one of his latest books.

Does he still do his own writing? The last couple that I've read (mediocre at best) he "consulted" on. Meaning "If I slap my name on this, there are plenty of suckers who will shell out money for it".

9 posted on 09/14/2010 11:33:13 AM PDT by wbill
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BTW, I just watched "Sahara" on cable the other night.

Fun movie. Not an epic, by any stretch, but fun. Dirk Pitt was well-cast (Matthew McConaghey). The title sequence included a montage of Cussler's shipwreck-hunting buddies, and the soundtrack was comprised of 70s album rock tunes.

Like I said, I think that he'd be a fun guy to have a beer with.

10 posted on 09/14/2010 11:39:46 AM PDT by wbill
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So, did he start this mission by stating, “I have not yet begun to look”?


11 posted on 09/14/2010 11:47:12 AM PDT by wolfpat (Veni. Vidi. Veneer: I came. I saw. I made plywood.)
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12 posted on 09/14/2010 11:48:52 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("It's amazing, A man who has such large ears could be so tone deaf" Rush Limbaugh 9/8/10)
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To: wbill; Tax-chick

This was a really fun read:

http://www.amazon.com/Dirk-Pitt-Revealed-Clive-Cussler/dp/0671026224/ref=sr_1_37?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1284489692&sr=8-37

He does indeed sound like the kind of guy you’d want to have a beer with, while looking under the hood of one of his cars.

http://www.numa.net/car_collection.html


13 posted on 09/14/2010 11:53:48 AM PDT by nina0113
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To: GATOR NAVY
"Bonhomme Richard". Is that what he calls his bass and when did he lose it?


14 posted on 09/14/2010 12:01:05 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Political correctness in America today is a Rip Van Winkle acid trip.)
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I like the Oregon series. I haven't noticed enviro-weenyism, only the kind of reasonable concerns about pollution and conservation that most decent people have.
15 posted on 09/14/2010 12:20:19 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("A litte plain food, and a philosophic temperament, are the only necessities of life."~W. Churchill)
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I like the Oregon series, and I haven't noticed any environmental extremism, just reasonable concerns about pollution and conservation.
16 posted on 09/14/2010 12:21:19 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("A litte plain food, and a philosophic temperament, are the only necessities of life."~W. Churchill)
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To: nina0113

Sorry about the duplicate: I went to break up a fight, and a cat walked over the keyboard. They always do that when they can see the bottom of the food bowl.


17 posted on 09/14/2010 12:24:51 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("A litte plain food, and a philosophic temperament, are the only necessities of life."~W. Churchill)
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To: wbill

“Sahara” struck just the right chord for Cussler material. I initially didn’t think Steve Zahn was well-cast as Al Giordino, until I saw him press-check that AK-47 in the oasis shootout. Peanut-head (McConaghey) was perfect. Fun movie.

Unfortunately, Cussler hated it, and killed any possibility of a franchise. Guy was too full of his own worth. You can’t play his books too seriously in movies, or you end up with the dreary “Raise the Titanic”.


18 posted on 09/14/2010 12:26:18 PM PDT by Rinnwald
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Yep. Raise the Titanic....stunk. Book was good, movie should've stayed sunk.

Too bad that Cussler didn't like it, I'd not heard that. I knew that he had an enormous ego (what other writer writes himself into his books??) but I didn't know that he took his work that seriously. Figure that his books are the male equivalent of romance bodice-rippers.

Neat cars, though. And lots of shooting, explosions, and nekkid women slinking around. And, occasionally, a decent idea (I *liked* the concept of "Treasure"!) sneaks into the works. :-)

19 posted on 09/14/2010 12:51:58 PM PDT by wbill
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To: BlueLancer

I was able to see it in 2005 while visiting a friend who was stationed there. Very impressive.


20 posted on 09/14/2010 2:01:32 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY ("The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen." -Dennis Prager)
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