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From longtime Rolling Stone contributing editor and journalist Randall Sullivan, The Curse of Oak Island explores the curious history of Oak Island and the generations of individuals who have tried and failed to unlock its secrets.

An investigation into the "curse" of Oak Island, where rumors of buried riches have beguiled treasure hunters over the past two centuries.

In 1795, a teenager discovered a mysterious circular depression in the ground on Oak Island, in Nova Scotia, Canada, and ignited rumors of buried treasure. Early excavators uncovered a clay-lined shaft containing layers of soil interspersed with wooden platforms, but when they reached a depth of ninety feet, water poured into the shaft and made further digging impossible.

Since then the mystery of Oak Island's "Money Pit" has enthralled generations of treasure hunters, including a Boston insurance salesman whose obsession ruined him; young Franklin Delano Roosevelt; and film star Errol Flynn. Perplexing discoveries have ignited explorers' imaginations: a flat stone inscribed in code; a flood tunnel draining from a man-made beach; a torn scrap of parchment; stone markers forming a huge cross. Swaths of the island were bulldozed looking for answers; excavation attempts have claimed two lives. Theories abound as to what's hidden on Oak Island--pirates' treasure, Marie Antoinette's lost jewels, the Holy Grail, proof that Sir Francis Bacon was the true author of Shakespeare's plays--yet to this day, the Money Pit remains an enigma.

The Curse of Oak Island is a fascinating account of the strange, rich history of the island and the intrepid treasure hunters who have driven themselves to financial ruin, psychotic breakdowns, and even death in pursuit of answers. And as Michigan brothers Marty and Rick Lagina become the latest to attempt to solve the mystery, as documented on the History Channel's television show The Curse of Oak Island, Sullivan takes readers along to follow their quest firsthand.

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  • Title The Curse of Oak Island: The Story of the World's Longest Treasure Hunt
  • Author Randall Sullivan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 396
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Atlantic Monthly Press
  • Date 2018-12-11
  • ISBN 9780802126931 / 0802126936
  • Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.7 in (23.11 x 16.26 x 4.32 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
    • Geographic Orientation: Nova Scotia
    • Holiday: Father's Day
  • Library of Congress subjects Oak Island Treasure Site (N.S.), Treasure troves - Nova Scotia - Oak Island
  • Dewey Decimal Code 971.623

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  • Booklist, 11/01/2018, Page 13
  • Kirkus Reviews, 10/01/2018, Page 0

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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