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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cussler, Clive.
Lost empire Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood. b>
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-1-101-44255-5
I. Blackwood, Grant. II. Title.
PS3553.U75L68
2010
2010022403
813′.54–dc22
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks to the following people, without whom this book wouldn’t be what it is:
Sam Craghead of the Museum of the Confederacy, whose insight was truly invaluable; John Koivula and Tim Thomas for their gemological and geological insights; Rich Hartney for helping us crash-land; Doug Lyle and C. J. Lyons for entertaining our medical questions; Geoff Irwin and Peter Bellwood for their willingness to entertain speculative anthropological questions; Tim Roufs and Sandra Noble for their Mesoamerican expertise; Jurgen Theiss for his Zanzibar and Tanzania help; Tom Chaffin, author of Sea of Gray , for brainstorming what might have happened; Victoria Lisi for her keen pen; Neil, Peter, Tom, Sara, and Pam for their patience, steadfastness, and candid input; the Kid and his wife for their friendship and support; and finally, Steve Berry: You truly are a big deal, my friend.
