AND SCUBA DIVING

by George X. Sand ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 20, 1964

This is a sensible book on more than one score. It stays close to the basic techniques of skin and scuba diving, recognizing that a juvenile audience turns to this sort of book to learn how. It emphasizes the almost equipment-free skin diving (requiring only snorkel and fins) as a first step in establishing a background for scuba. The special accessories of the latter, which can be quite expensive, include compressed air, face masks, weight belts, etc. and these are described at length, with special attention to practice in use. There is safety information at every point and the book ends with a few hints on the increasingly popular spear fishing. Here, the ethics of the land hunter (don't take more than you can use) and the cautions (fish on an incoming tide, blood in the water brings sharks) points the way to growing in the pleasures of sport and undersea discovery. A self-circulating subject with over 100 photographs as well as line drawings, and an index.

Pub Date: July 20, 1964

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Hawthorn

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 1964

Categories: NONFICTION