I Live Underwater : The Thrilling Adventures of a Record-Breaking Diver, Treasure Hunter, and Deep-Sea Explorer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nohl, Max.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nohl, Max G. (Max Gene), 1913-1960.

Nohl, Max G.

Scuba divers--United States--Biography.

Scuba divers.

Scuba diving--Physiological aspects.

Scuba diving.

Scuba diving--Equipment and supplies.

Underwater exploration--United States.

Underwater exploration.

Genre:

Biographies

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society, 2025.

Summary:

"Max Gene Nohl's unpublished memoir describes his adventures during the early days of America's scuba diving industry. Nohl was born in Milwaukee in 1913, the son of Milwaukee lawyers and brother to folk artist Mary Nohl. He wrote this autobiography/memoir over the last few years of his life; it was left unpublished after his tragic death in a car accident. Chapters cover very early childhood experiences (paint can diving!) through university days at MIT, where he constructed a bathysphere and invented a self-contained diving suit used to conduct expeditionary work in the Caribbean. The text moves through Nohl's experiments conducted in pressure chambers in Milwaukee to developing diving timetables and studying diving physiology with Marquette researcher Dr. Edgar End, leading to his world record dive to 420 ft in Lake Michigan on Dec. 1, 1937. Additionally, the chapters include stories from the early film industry, the early Florida tourism industry, and businesses Nohl started to invent and market diving equipment (DESCO and American Diving Equip. Co. both based in Milwaukee)"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Publisher's Note

Prologue

Book I: How It All Began

1. I Drown

2. Dick Drowns

3. I Live Underwater

4. This Is It!

5. MIT

6. Walden

7. My First Suit

8. Choppers

9. Pōhaku

10. Bubble of Steel

Book II: The Seth Parker Expedition

11. A Dream Comes True

12. Disillusionment

13. Departure

Book III: The John Dwight

14. The John Dwight Murders

15. Man of Iron

16. Cape Cod Canal

17. Wreck Below

18. End of the Rainbow

19. The Atlantic Leaks

20. Cargo

21. The Treasure

22. Fo'c's'le Head

23. Captain Craig Arrives

Book IV: The Bends in the Road

24. A New Venture

25. Human Guinea Pigs

26. Gnarled on the Networks

27. The Elusive Lusitania

Book V: You Have to Hit the Bottom to Reach the Top

28. Deep Water

29. Six Hundred Thousand Pounds

30. Singing for My Dinner

31. DESCO

32. I Am Theoretically Dead

Book VI: Sponges and Celluloid

33. Underwater Wonderland

34. Sponge Diving

35. Tiburón

36. Limey Tanker

37. Underwater Honeymoon

38. 550 Feet

Book VII: The SS Tarpon

39. The SS Tarpon

40. Pay As You Leave

41. The Bends

42. Topsy-Turvy World

43. The Pot of Gold

Epilogue: The Waters Are Still

Afterword

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-9766-0029-4

OCLC:

1519120633