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Jan 1, 1953 — —· 73 yrs

UNITED STATES AUTHOR · FICTION · SHIPWRECKS

Charles R. Pellegrino

Also known as: Charles R Pellegrino, CHARLES PELLEGRINO

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Charles R. Pellegrino (born 1953) is an American writer, the author of several books related to science and archaeology, including Return to Sodom and Gomorrah, Ghosts of the Titanic, Unearthing Atlantis, and Ghosts of Vesuvius. Pellegrino falsely claimed to have earned a PhD, and errors in his book The Last Train from Hiroshima (2010) prompted its publisher to withdraw it within a few months of publication. [source](

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Volcanoes. Call them Alpha and Omega.

— from Ghosts of Vesuvius, 2004

Most acclaimed

#2

The killing star

1995

4.0 (3)
#1

Unearthing Atlantis

1991

5.0 (1)

Recounts the findings of an archeologist excavation site on the island of Thera, near Crete.

#3

The last train from Hiroshima

2010

5.0 (1)

Drawing on the voices of atomic-bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices detonated over Japan changed life on Earth forever.

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