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Title: The Cave Divers by Robert F. Burgess ISBN: 1-881652-11-4 Publisher: Aqua Quest Pubn Pub. Date: 12 June, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: For Adventure Readers of All Ages
Comment: Gale Research says: "Robert F. Burgess has written a number of books examining underwater exploration and adventure. Many reviewers note that these books appeal to both the beginning student and to the person reading for adventure and entertainment. For instance, in a review of The Cave Divers published in the Christian Science Monitor, W. W. Smith remarks that "Burgess has written a highly readable and exciting book about the adventures of brave divers who ventured into sunken caves. . . . This book has enough technical background to interest the diver and spelunker, yet enough suspense and fresh insight to interest the casual reader." And of the same book L. E. Logan comments in Library Journal, "This book is highly recommended reading for all scuba divers, cave divers, and anyone else who has an interest in the development of underwater paleontology and archaeology." To advanced and exceptional cave divers disappointed because their record cave penetrations of recent years was not detailed in this edition of my book, I most sincerely apologize. The reason is that this edition of the book was completed long before their records but was not published until now. I regret my inability to recognize their tremendous contributions to advancing these highly dangerous explorations, but do hope they understand the difficulty of this necessary delay between the actual writing of a manuscript and the years it may take before it appears in print.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Cave Divers
Comment: Burgess's recount of these various cave diving episodes makes a good read. It is not very detailed on technical aspects, nor pretends to be a comprehensive re-tracing of the cave diving history. It does however weave in suspense filled short stories the beginnings of cave diving, its major players and their accomplishments. Without the boring list type of dry dates, names and events. Will interest the few passionate about the sport, as well as all adrenaline rush and adventure seekers. To me, it gave a backdrop, a character and a soul to many of those names I looked up to when I started venturing deeper and longer in the underwater realm.
Rating: 3
Summary: First half great, second half not great
Comment: The book is a good description of the history of the sport. Combined with the Master Exley's "Caverns Measureless to Man", one has a good set of stories on the origins of the sport and some of the scary stories.
The second half unfortunately seems a little anecdotal and turns into something that only the die-hard archeology enthusiast would want to get further into. While entranced in the first few chapters, I got pretty bored with the rest. If you want horror stories from caving, read also Exley's Basic Cave Diving - A Blueprint for Survival. It's a hand-typed, thin pamphlet of a book, but it's one of those essential reads, even if you don't intend to do the sport - like me.
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Title: Beyond the Deep: The Deadly Descent Into the World's Most Treacherous Cave by Barbara William/Ende Stone ISBN: 0446527092 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.96 |
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Title: Caverns Measureless to Man by Sheck Exley ISBN: 0939748258 Publisher: Cave Books Pub. Date: March, 1995 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Fatal Depth: Deep Sea Diving, China Fever, and the Wreck of the Andrea Doria by Joe Haberstroh ISBN: 1585744573 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria by Kevin F. McMurray ISBN: 0743400623 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Basic Cave Diving: A Blueprint for Survival by S. Exley ISBN: 9994663372 Publisher: National Speleological Society Pub. Date: June, 1986 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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