Books on the oldschool...

[Boozegood]

Does anyone have any recommendations on books that cover old-time diving? bathysphere, surface supplied helmet diving, diving bells, ancient sponge divers, etc.

Multiple books on specific subjects as well as general history books are all welcome.


Thanks!

 

[Sam Miller III]

Ellsberg, John D Craig, Beebee and Barton, Berge, Williamson etc
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[Gilldiver]

Ellsberg, John D Craig, Beebee and Barton, Berge, Williamson etc
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Start with Edward Ellsberg's "On the Bottom" then go onto "Under the Red Sea Sun" and "No Banners, No Bugles," you can also get "The Far Shore" but it is the weakest of his 4 true diving/salvage books.

Then for more Salvage get "Marine Salvage: The Unforgiving Business of No Cure, No Pay." This is a nice history of salvage diving with many stories.

Another good one is "The Man Who Bought a Navy," by Gerald Bowman which is about the salvage of many of the German High Seas Fleet scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919. The first chapter is here: The Man Who Bought a Navy : Read Chapter One

 

[Buoyant1]

I have a book called "Descent" by Brad Matson (who was the guy that wrote the Titanic book for Chatterton and Kohler) that's about the bathysphere. it was a pretty good read!

 

[Boozegood]

Thanks all! I saw 'Decent' recently at Barnes and Nobel, so I will pick that up along with 'On the Bottom' today.

 

[DaleC]

There are so many. Here's one I recently reviewed http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/book-media-reviews/348641-stars-beneath-sea-trevor-norton.html

 

[Boozegood]

There are so many. Here's one I recently reviewed http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/book-media-reviews/348641-stars-beneath-sea-trevor-norton.html

This is exactly what I'm looking for, thank you!

 

[Thalassamania]

The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History by Peter Maas