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Can anyone recommend any good books about diving?
Two that I've read lately are The Last Dive, and The White Pearl Divers of Broome.
The former, (written by Bernie Chowdhury - a very accomplished technical diver) gives a useful summary of the development of tech diving and a pretty harrowing account of how a buddy pair lost their lives.
The White Pearl Divers of Broome would be of interest also to the non-diver, providing an interesting history of the pioneering days in a pearling town in north-west Australia (Broome), at the turn of the century. It deals with various issues including the white Australia policy and the attitudes of the time. The narrative (factual) is centred on the fate that befalls a group of Royal Navy hard-hat divers who are recruited by the pearling captains of Broome, who are under pressure to dispense with their Japanese divers, because of the political climate at the time.
(This book might be difficult to get outside of Australia. If anyone is really interested, I could arrange dispatch through local booksellers.)
I've just started on Deep Descent, the story of the Andrea Doria. This looks pretty promising.
Seems that there are a few really good books written by divers, about divers. Does anyone have any further suggestions?
Two that I've read lately are The Last Dive, and The White Pearl Divers of Broome.
The former, (written by Bernie Chowdhury - a very accomplished technical diver) gives a useful summary of the development of tech diving and a pretty harrowing account of how a buddy pair lost their lives.
The White Pearl Divers of Broome would be of interest also to the non-diver, providing an interesting history of the pioneering days in a pearling town in north-west Australia (Broome), at the turn of the century. It deals with various issues including the white Australia policy and the attitudes of the time. The narrative (factual) is centred on the fate that befalls a group of Royal Navy hard-hat divers who are recruited by the pearling captains of Broome, who are under pressure to dispense with their Japanese divers, because of the political climate at the time.
(This book might be difficult to get outside of Australia. If anyone is really interested, I could arrange dispatch through local booksellers.)
I've just started on Deep Descent, the story of the Andrea Doria. This looks pretty promising.
Seems that there are a few really good books written by divers, about divers. Does anyone have any further suggestions?