Clive Cussler and Jack du Brul's "The Sabotuers" An Isaac Bell Adventure.

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Default Clive Cussler and Jack du Brul's "The Sabotuers" An Isaac Bell Adventure.

This one is about the building of the Panama Canal and is quite interesting. Isaac Bell steps into stop the villains who are working to prevent the Canal from being finished.

Bell runs into manchineel trees on some occasions.

Have only heard of this on occasion.

Do Not Eat, Touch, Or Even Inhale the Air Around the Manchineel Tree - Atlas Obscura

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Great character will definitely read this.
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Great character will definitely read this.
I have most of the Isaac Bell books.
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I have most of the Isaac Bell books.
Given how many books Cussler comes out with these days thinking he makes up an outline and lets someone else do the writing. Jack Du Brel has written some excellent books on his own.
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Given how many books Cussler comes out with these days thinking he makes up an outline and lets someone else do the writing. Jack Du Brel has written some excellent books on his own.
That is true. He is like James Patterson who seem to have created an industry around one author who works with multiple writers.
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That is true. He is like James Patterson who seem to have created an industry around one author who works with multiple writers.
In the good news dept got a notice from our library overnight that the book is available to me in E form so will read it later this week.
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I was lucky enough to have lunch with Clive once. He is a great non-pretentious guy.
All his books are based on threads of facts that he carefully researches.

Since he has gotten older, he indeed hands off a lot of the writing, but he proofreads, and edits, every page before a book gets released.
Personally, I enjoy his earlier books that the wrote all alone. But again great author and good person.
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I was lucky enough to have lunch with Clive once. He is a great non-pretentious guy.
All his books are based on threads of facts that he carefully researches.

Since he has gotten older, he indeed hands off a lot of the writing, but he proofreads, and edits, every page before a book gets released.
Personally, I enjoy his earlier books that the wrote all alone. But again great author and good person.
Been reading him since his Raise the Titanic came out. Raise the Titanic! - Wikipedia!
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I was lucky enough to have lunch with Clive once. He is a great non-pretentious guy.
All his books are based on threads of facts that he carefully researches.

Since he has gotten older, he indeed hands off a lot of the writing, but he proofreads, and edits, every page before a book gets released.
Personally, I enjoy his earlier books that the wrote all alone. But again great author and good person.
Always liked it when he puts himself in as a character in many of his books. Do not remember anyone else doing this.
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Always liked it when he puts himself in as a character in many of his books. Do not remember anyone else doing this.
7 Authors Who Wrote Themselves into Their Work | Mental Floss

A few do every so often it looks like.
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Thanks for sharing.

Years ago read Stephen King but tired of him after a while. Never read the others.

Clive Cussler has a great style and read all he writes.
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Clive Cussler was one of my favorite authors, he passed away at the age of 88 on February 26, 2020. He will be dearly missed.
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Clive Cussler was one of my favorite authors, he passed away at the age of 88 on February 26, 2020. He will be dearly missed.
Sorry to hear that he was an excellent writer.

Suspect his characters will continue in books written by others.
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If anyone has never seen the engineering marvel of the Panama Canal, it is well worth the trip. There is a small museum there that explains the history of the canal. There are however, mask mandates in the entire country of Panama.
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In the good news dept got a notice from our library overnight that the book is available to me in E form so will read it later this week.
I have read every one of Clive Cussler’s books and enjoyed all of them. I am in the middle of reading the Sabatours via the public library’s e-books. I had to wait several weeks after I put in a request to obtain the book, but it is worth it, because I have been through the Panama Canal on a cruise and really enjoy reading all the history of the building of the Panama Canal which is covered in this book, along with Issac Bell’s adventure surrounding the plot.
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