One nice thing about Robert Kurson's Pirate Hunters is that it fills several of your "reading needs" all at once - especially if you are into non-fiction pieces. The book is a mystery, a history tale, a biography and an adventure book all rolled into one.
Pirate Hunters explores the lives of two modern day treasure hunters, John Chatterton and John Mattera, as they search for the remains of the Golden Fleece - a treasure ship from the Golden Age of pirating. With that general purpose in mind, the book takes you through the lives of Chatterton and Mattera; through their search for the Golden Fleece; through the history of Golden Age piracy; it looks at many modern day treasure hunters, their successes and failures; it explores the life of the captain of the Golden Fleece and how the wreck came to be; and it covers the frustrations of Chatterton and Mattera as they conduct an exhaustive search for the Golden Fleece.
With all of these things going on in the same book, it makes for a very fast read - especially if you are wanting to get to the end to find out if the Golden Fleece exists, or not. I found the book to be very informative and enjoyable. I will let you decide if the end is a fulfilling one or not - that all depends on the type of ending you are looking for.
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