- Messages
- 5,141
- Reaction score
- 4,136
- # of dives
- 5000 - ∞
There are a number of historical diving books that even though old, rare and expensive should be a component of every divers library before they totally disappear off used books merchants shelves
Books like "Lady with a Spear" (Oh the horror a SPEAR !) "Treasure diving Holidays ," "Dive to adventure" and "Danger is my business" By John D Craig --published in 1938
A little about the book and the author who was a friend for many years
Danger is my business
The literary guild- NYC
1938-(81 years ago!)
Hard cover with dust jacket
309 pages
Illustrated with photographs
Cover: a picture of John as a very young men with verbiage of his adventures
Personally Inscribed:
To Sam Miller,
with best wishes
from one lousy diver
to another
John D Craig
Nov, 1, 1962
(2018-1962- Good gosh !~~56 years ago! over 1/2 century ! )
( we were not super duper anything just lousy divers - how the diving world has changed !)
Danger is my business # 2
Garden City Publishing Company
Garden City, NYC
1941 (77 years ago!)
Hard cover with dust jacket
309 pages
Illustrated with photographs
Dust jacket A picture of Craig holding a UW cameras in left hand, dressed ibn diving suit abd holding a helmet in the other hand - Much beter cover that book #1
The books were run-- way best seller and was translated into 17 different languages plus a braille edition
If interested in a very historic book it should not be difficult to acquire one of the editions.
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A little about John and his service in WW11:
WW11- USAF- filmed on all fronts
36 combat missions
6 medals
10 battle stars
Purple heart
Photographic OFIC at the first atomic bomb test at Bikini
His very popular Underwater TV program - The first in the US
Kingdom of the sea
~~The First Underwater Program for TV ~~
With Col John D Craig & Bob Stevens
(John really liked and capitalized on his WW11 USAF rank)
( a few episodes Zale Parry was riding high as a the WR Depth holder and was co-host)
Ex-Producer- Martin Ross
Emperor Productions
Director -Ed Leftwich
Danger is my business"
John & Max Gene Nohl developed and introduced Helium -into diving in the 1930s
Books like "Lady with a Spear" (Oh the horror a SPEAR !) "Treasure diving Holidays ," "Dive to adventure" and "Danger is my business" By John D Craig --published in 1938
A little about the book and the author who was a friend for many years
Danger is my business
The literary guild- NYC
1938-(81 years ago!)
Hard cover with dust jacket
309 pages
Illustrated with photographs
Cover: a picture of John as a very young men with verbiage of his adventures
Personally Inscribed:
To Sam Miller,
with best wishes
from one lousy diver
to another
John D Craig
Nov, 1, 1962
(2018-1962- Good gosh !~~56 years ago! over 1/2 century ! )
( we were not super duper anything just lousy divers - how the diving world has changed !)
Danger is my business # 2
Garden City Publishing Company
Garden City, NYC
1941 (77 years ago!)
Hard cover with dust jacket
309 pages
Illustrated with photographs
Dust jacket A picture of Craig holding a UW cameras in left hand, dressed ibn diving suit abd holding a helmet in the other hand - Much beter cover that book #1
The books were run-- way best seller and was translated into 17 different languages plus a braille edition
If interested in a very historic book it should not be difficult to acquire one of the editions.
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A little about John and his service in WW11:
WW11- USAF- filmed on all fronts
36 combat missions
6 medals
10 battle stars
Purple heart
Photographic OFIC at the first atomic bomb test at Bikini
His very popular Underwater TV program - The first in the US
Kingdom of the sea
~~The First Underwater Program for TV ~~
With Col John D Craig & Bob Stevens
(John really liked and capitalized on his WW11 USAF rank)
( a few episodes Zale Parry was riding high as a the WR Depth holder and was co-host)
Ex-Producer- Martin Ross
Emperor Productions
Director -Ed Leftwich
Danger is my business"
If one has access to NetFlix there is a disc available with a few episodes worth watching.
You can rent Danger Is My Business (2007) on DVD and Blu-ray - DVD Netflix
John D Craig passed away August 30. 1997 in Phoenix, interned in California
Sam Miller, 111
Sam Miller, 111
