The years to follow would see Cussler releasing more adventure series including the NUMA files, The Oregon files, Isaac Bell Adventures and the Fargo series of adventures. Book enhanced with curriculum aligned questions and activities. by Clive Cussler 1 in Series Paperback 9.99 QUICK ADD Raise the Titanic (Dirk Pitt by Clive Cussler 3 in Series Paperback 9.99 QUICK ADD Deep Six (Dirk Pitt Series 7) by Clive Cussler 7 in Series Paperback 9.99 QUICK ADD Sahara (Dirk Pitt Series 11) by Clive Cussler 11 in Series Paperback 9. But Cussler’s adventurous flare did not stop there. Read Raise the Titanic by Cussler, Clive, lexile & reading level:, (ISBN: 9781101204535). Since its release, the novel has not been out of print.Ĭussler’s Dirk Pitt would live on through a series of books.

The New York publishing company Viking Press signed Cussler up and the novel, after some heavy editing here and there, finally went to print and hitting bookstores in the fall of 1976 to steadily become a best-seller. In June 1974 Cussler forwarded the manuscript for Raise the Titanic! to his agent. Raise the Titanic! originated from Cussler’s inspiration of fantasy and desire in seeing the world’s most famous ocean liner brought up from the sea bed. It would re-emerge later when published under the new title of Pacific Vortex which introduced the character of Dirk Pitt. The time working in the shop also brought him closer to expertise in diving that would later benefit his fulfilment of becoming an author of sea stories and grand tales.Ĭussler finished his first novel The Sea Dweller in 1967. While working in a managerial role at an Aquatic diving store in Newport Beach during 1968, he would bring into work a portable typewriter that he would turn to during the qui- et periods. “There is a fascinating aura about the sinking of the Titanic that has gripped thousands of nostalgia freaks, including myself.”Ĭlive Eric Cussler was born on 15 July 1931 in the City of Lights known as Aurora, located some forty miles from Chicago.

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