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click to enlarge Primary Wreck Diving Guide
By Gary Gentile,
160 pages, 6x9,
165 color photos,
ISBN 0-9621453-9-4
Price: $20.00
This "how-to" volume on wreck diving concentrates on practical information to help prepare divers for the rigors of wreck diving. It includes chapters on the anatomy of a shipwreck, necessary equipment, dive boat logistics, physical fitness, first aid, wreck surveying, basic wreck photography and much more.

About the Author

Gary Gentile started his diving career in 1970. Since then he has made 1,000's of decompression dives, over 180 of them on the Andrea Doria. He has specialized in wreck diving and shipwreck research, concentration on wrecks along the East Coast, from Newfoundland to Key West, and in the Great Lakes. He has written dozens of articles for magazines and has published thousands of photographs in books, periodicals, newspapers, brochures, museum displays, film and television. He lectures extensively on wilderness and underwater topics, and conducts seminars on advanced wreck diving techniques and high-tech diving equipment. He is the author of more than three dozen books: primarily science fiction novels and nonfiction works on diving, and nautical and shipwreck history. His works include the Popular Dive Guide Series of shipwreck books along the East Coast. He served in the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam where he was severely wounded.

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