Diving into darkness : a true story of death and survival
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New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008.
Edition
1st St. Martin's Press ed.
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ix, 310 pages, [8] pages of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
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Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008.
Format
Book
Edition
1st St. Martin's Press ed.
Language
English
Notes
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Includes index.
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On New Year's Day, 2005, David Shaw traveled halfway around the world on a journey that took him to a steep crater in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa, a site known as Bushman's Hole. His destination was nearly 900 feet below the surface. On January 8th he descended into the water. About fifteen feet below the surface was a fissure in the bottom of the basin, barely wide enough to admit him. He slipped through the opening and disappeared from sight, leaving behind the world of light and life. Then, a second diver descended through the same crack in the stone. This was Don Shirley, Shaw's friend, and one of the few people in the world qualified to follow where Shaw was about to go. In the community of extreme diving, Don Shirley was a master among masters. Twenty-five minutes later, one of the men was dead. The other was in mortal peril, and would spend the next 10 hours struggling to survive, existing literally from breath to breath. What happened that day is the stuff of nightmarish drama, but it's also a compelling human story of friendship, heroism, ambition, and of coming to terms with loss and tragedy.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Finch, P. (2008). Diving into darkness: a true story of death and survival (1st St. Martin's Press ed.). St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Finch, Phillip. 2008. Diving Into Darkness: A True Story of Death and Survival. St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Finch, Phillip. Diving Into Darkness: A True Story of Death and Survival St. Martin's Press, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Finch, Phillip. Diving Into Darkness: A True Story of Death and Survival 1st St. Martin's Press ed., St. Martin's Press, 2008.
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