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...it was easy to get an incomplete picture of the world if one relied solely on experts, and how important is would be to further rely on oneself

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...it was easy to get an incomplete picture of the world if one relied solely on experts, and how important is would be to further rely on oneself

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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.