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The Curse of Oak Island
The Story of the World's Longest Treasure Hunt
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This book will appeal to readers interested in mystery, history, and documentary-style investigations, especially fans of the History Channel series and those fascinated by real-life treasure hunts and historical enigmas.
An investigation into the "curse" of Oak Island, where rumors of buried riches have beguiled treasure hunters over the past two centuries
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The Curse of Oak Island is high-quality narrative non-fiction from a top-shelf journalist, extrapolated from Randall Sullivan's successful 2004 Rolling Stone article of the same title. The Oak Island mystery is the subject of the History Channel's reality TV series The Curse of Oak Island, which debuted in January 2014 and has become one of the most successful original shows on cable overall. The show follows brothers Marty and Rick Lagina as they attempt to uncover the island's secrets. Randall Sullivan joined the show for its fourth season, which aired November 2016-February 2017.
The book's subject is a fascinating real-life mystery, touching on engineering, early Native American history, and some alternative historical theories, making for a very compelling read. Sullivan's last book, Untouchable, was excerpted in Vanity Fair and named one of Amazon's 100 Best Books of the Year. Sullivan appeared on various shows such as Katie, Good Morning America, and Nightline to promote the book, and it also received strong print attention, with coverage in People, the Los Angeles Times, and the New Yorker, among others.
Open Road Pictures has adapted Sullivan's LAbryinth for film, with Brad Furman directing and Johnny Depp starring. The film is expected to be released in the second quarter of 2018, and we'll be re-issuing the book in a movie tie-in edition.
While there are other books on the Oak Island phenomenon, most are self-published. The two exceptions are The Oak Island Mystery, Solved by Joy A. Steele (Cape Breton University Press, 2015; Bookscan: 959) and Secret Treasure of Oak Island by D'Arcy O'Connor (The Lyons Press, 2004; Bookscan 6290). The most direct competition is the D'Arcy O'Connor book, but that terminates in 2004, whereas Sullivan's covers the Lagina brothers who are at the center of the present hunt (and whose absence is noted by recent Amazon reviewers of O'Connor's book). Sullivan comprehensively debunks the Steele volume, as well as most other Oak Island theories, in the text.
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ISBN: 9780802148278
Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 December 2020
Country: United States
Imprint: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 139.0mm
Height: 209.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 416
About the Author
RANDALL SULLIVAN was a contributing editor to Rolling Stone for over twenty years. His writing has also appeared in Esquire, Wired, Outside, Men's Journal, The Washington Post, and the Guardian. Sullivan is the author of The Price of Experience; LAbyrinth, which is the basis for the forthcoming feature film City of Lies; The Miracle Detective, the book that inspired the television show The Miracle Detectives, which Sullivan co-hosted and which premiered on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) in January 2011; and Untouchable. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
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