![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In retrospect, this $40 million film about resurrecting the world’s most famous disaster was an ironic choice for Lord Lew Grade in that its colossal flop at the box-office proved the sinking of Grade’s ITC production company. Cussler has written several other series of books as well and founded the real-life National Underwater and Marine Agency (the same fictional one that Dirk Pitt works for) that has dived and discovered numerous shipwrecks. Numerous of the books feature fantastical subject matter, including the search for Atlantis, the discovery of the remains of the Peking Man and Captain Nemo’s Nautilus, and the truth behind The Odyssey and Jesus Christ. All of these are sea-based and treasure-hunting adventures featuring Pitt in a series of globe-spanning quests, facing various super-villains and world-threatening schemes. He began publishing with The Mediterranean Caper (1973), which introduced his adventurer hero Dirk Pitt, who has gone on to appear in 23 other books to date (with those from 2004 onwards being co-written by Cussler’s son also named Dirk). Cussler served in the Air Force during the Korean War and then entered the advertising industry. Raise the Titanic! (1976) was the third novel from American author Clive Cussler. ![]()
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