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Diving Pioneers: An Oral History of Diving in America
By Eric Hanauer
267 pages, 6x11 inches, paperback, 120 B&W photos, Index
ISBN 0-922769-43-5
Price: $16.95
This book is the saga of diving in America as told by the pioneer men and women who lived it and made it. It begins with a timeline of diving and discusses what diving was like in the early days. Following are seven sections: Free Diving, From Hardhat to Scuba, Science Underwater, Women Underwater, Art Underwater, Captains of Industry, and Underwater Educators. It contains exciting accounts of The San Diego Bottom Scratchers who began free diving before Cousteau; Zale Parry, Hollywood's first underwater stunt girl and the damsel in distress in many Sea Hunt episodes; E.R. Cross, whose 60-year career spans an era from hardhats to computers; John Steel, the first great underwater artist; Conrad Limbaugh, who developed the first scuba classes both for science and for sport; Jim Stewart, who succeeded Limbaugh as Scripps diving officer, and spread the techniques for scientific diving worldwide; Dr. Andy Rechnitzer, chief scientist on the Trieste project that sent man to the deepest spot in the ocean; Dick Anderson, inventor, writer, humorist and adventurer; Dottie Frazier, the first woman instructor; Ralph Erikson, co-founder of PADI; and Tom Mount, who developed many of the techniques used today in cave and technical diving. Also featured are Walter Davis, Wheeler North, Jim Stewart, Chuck Mitchell, Norrine Rouse, Chuck Nicklin, Bill and Bob Meistrell, Dick Bonin, Bob Hollis, Frank Scalli, Dan Wagner, and Lee Somers. These pioneer divers of the 40's and 50's, when every dive was an adventure, will regale you with their diving lore.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgement
HOW IT BEGAN
THE WAY THINGS WERE
TIMELINE OF SCUBA
FREE DIVERS
- San Diego Bottom Scratchers
FROM HARDHAT TO SCUBA
SCIENCE UNDERWATER
- Wheeler North
- Andy Rechnitzer
- Limbaugh's Last Dive
- Jim Stewart
- Chuck Mitchell
WOMEN UNDERWATER
- Dottie Frazier
- Zale Parry
- Norrine Rouse
ART UNDERWATER
CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY
- Bill and Bob Meistrell
- Dick Bonin
- Bob Hollis
UNDERWATER EDUCATORS
- Frank Scalli
- Dan Wagner
- Ralph Erickson
- Lee Somers
- Tom Mount
Index
About the Author
Eric Hanauer, a diver for over 40 years, is the author of three books and over 500 articles on the underwater world. He is an Associate Professor Emeritus in the Kinesiology Division at California State University, Fullerton. An aquatics specialist, he trained over 2500 scuba students, and introduced the grab start to competitive. Born in Stuttgart, Germany and raised in Chicago, Eric earned a BS in Physical Education at George Williams College, and an MS at UCLA. He resides in San Diego, California.
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