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History was a crystal ball that told as much about the future as it did about the past.

Robert Kurson

History was a crystal ball that told as much about the future as it did about the past.

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About Robert Kurson

Robert A. Kurson (born April 18, 1963) is an American author, best known for his 2004 bestselling book, Shadow Divers, the true story of two Americans who discover a World War II German U-boat sunk 60 miles off the coast of New Jersey.