Dirk Pitt
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Dirk Pitt is a fictional character, the primary protagonist of a series of bestselling adventure novels written by Clive Cussler. Dirk Pitt is an adventurer, a sort of blend of James Bond and Indiana Jones.
Dirk Pitt is the son of Senator George Pitt of California. With a woman named Summer Moran, he has twin children: a son, Dirk Pitt, Jr., and a daughter, Summer Pitt. He has had a long-term relationship with Congresswoman Loren Smith. He graduated from the United States Air Force Academy with lifelong best friend, Al Giordino. His weapon of choice is a .45 Colt M1911 that he received from his father.
In the course of his work as a marine engineer of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), a oceanographic research organization head by Admiral James Sandecker, Dirk Pitt has made numerous important shipwreck discoveries as well as thwarted a large number of plans by villains intent on global catastrophe or world domination. Dirk Pitt later went on, in the later novels, to become the head of NUMA when Admiral James Sandecker ran for, and became, the Vice President of the United States.
Pitt has twice appeared on the big screen, in movie adaptations of Raise the Titanic! in 1980, and Sahara in 2005. In the former he was portrayed by Richard Jordan, and in the latter by Matthew McConaughey.
- Note: Dirk PittŪ is a registered trademark of Clive Cussler
List of books
Dirk Pitt adventure novels
- The Mediterranean Caper (1973)
- Iceberg (1975)
- Raise the Titanic! (1976)
- Vixen 03 (1978)
- Night Probe! (1981)
- Pacific Vortex! (1983)
- Deep Six (1984)
- Cyclops (1986)
- Treasure (1988)
- Dragon (1990)
- Sahara (1992)
- Inca Gold (1994)
- Shock Wave (1996)
- Flood Tide (1997)
- Atlantis Found (1999)
- Valhalla Rising (2001)
- Trojan Odyssey (2003)
- Black Wind (2004) - Written with son Dirk Cussler
There is also a Dirk Pitt reference book:
- Dirk Pitt Revealed (1998)de:Dirk Pitt