Presidio Press 1996 Hardcover Good Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Random House Publishing Group, Date: 1996. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1996. Random House Publishing Group ISBN 0891415890 9780891415893 [US]

Presidio Press, Date: 1996-06-01. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x8. Dust jacket and book are clean. Black boards. Has a good binding. Personal stamp is on the title page, no other marks or notations. 214 pages. 1996. Presidio Press ISBN 0891415890 9780891415893 [US]

Used - isbn: 0891415890 - isbn13: 9780891415893 Presidio Press

Novato, California: Presidio Press. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Date: 1996. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 214 pages: 5.75 x 8.75 in.: 1.6: KB#018248: Bookjacket / dustjacket now protected by a New Brodart Mylar Cover. Dustjacket, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "Within hours of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Raymer, an enlisted man, was on a plane headed from San Diego to Oahu. His primary mission: to act as chief diver in the operations to rescue men trapped in sunken battleships. Removing bodies, recovering material and raising the ships themselves could, and would, come later. In this compelling memoir, Raymer describes the multiple hazards of working inside wreckage-strewn warships under the handicaps imposed by available diving technology. Courage was at least as important as competence as the number of dives mounted and the law of averages shifted against the men who went down. Raymer details many harrowing incidents, including one in which he, an arachnophobe, began to panic when a spider stowed away in his diving suit began to crawl over his face in the middle of a dive. The narrative includes lighter passages as well, especially the depictions of how the divers spent their off-duty hours pursuing food, liquor and women. For all its drama and charm, however, Raymer's memoir is useful above all as a case study of the hands-on, ...

Brand: Presidio Press, Date: 1996-06-01. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good. 1996. Brand: Presidio Press ISBN 0891415890 9780891415893 [US]