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What was it like to venture to the pinnacle of wreck diving in the early 1980s, before the use of mixed gas, accelerated decompression, and dive computers by sport divers?  Who were the men and women that risked it all to surface with a piece of living history from "The Doria"? 

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"A deep-sea diver explores shipwrecks and his own character in this gripping scuba memoir..." Kirkus Reviews

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From the back cover of Setting the Hook:

The 1956 collision of the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm triggered a night of sheer terror for the Andrea Doria's 1,134 passengers and set in motion one of history's most dramatic rescues at sea. From the moment the Andrea Doria settled on the sea floor in 240 feet of water, skilled amateur divers have risked their lives to simply touch her broken hull. In 1981, wealthy adventurer Peter Gimbel enlisted the aid of commercial salvage divers to torch open the Andrea Doria's Foyer Deck doors in search of treasure and answers. The unprecedented access to deep within the sunken ship's interior enticed growing numbers of sport divers to explore the wreck in increasingly daring quests for a piece of the "Mt. Everest of wreck diving." Not all returned alive.

Peter Hunt crewed on five Andrea Doria diving expeditions during the early 1980s aboard Steve Bielenda's legendary research vessel Wahoo before becoming a Navy carrier pilot and settling in Washington State. Nearly twenty years after first exploring the Andrea Doria - and following twelve months of arduous Pacific Northwest dive training in the newest equipment and techniques - Hunt hugged his wife and children goodbye and returned to New York to dive the Andrea Doria once again. The experience transformed him forever.

Setting the Hook explores the Andrea Doria and extreme diving through an introspective odyssey of memory and history back to the dangerous underwater world of Northeast shipwrecks. Extreme adventure, thirty years of technical diving, and enduring friendships merge in a personal tale of learning to accept life's oldest challenge.

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Presentations & Book signings:

June 5, 2012, Moss Bay Dive Club, Seattle, WA - presentation & signing
June 12, 2012, Yakima Dive Club, 6:30 pm, El Porton, 420 S. 48th Ave., Yakima, WA - presentation & signing (open to the public)
August 11, 2012, DUI Drysuits Demo Day event, Mukilteo, WA - signing in DUI sponsored booth (open to the public)
August 18, 2012, DUI Drysuits Demo Day event, Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon - signing in DUI sponsored booth (open to the public)
August 16, 2012, Sno-Isle library 3:00 pm, Oak Harbor, WA - presentation & signing (open to the public)
TBA Summer 2012, Whidbey Island Dive Center, Oak Harbor, WA - presentation & signing (open to the public)
TBA Fall 2012, Anacortes Diving & Supply, Anacortes, WA -presentation & signing (open to the public)
TBA Fall 2012, Wind and Tide Bookstore, Oak Harbor, WA - presentation & signing (open to the public)

 

(Please email Peter Hunt to schedule an Andrea Doria presentation or book signing at peter@settingthehook.org)

Buy a signed copy of Setting the Hook directly from the author: $24.00 (includes priority mail shipping and handling U.S. sales only).

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For international requests: Please email Peter Hunt at peter@settingthehook.org with name, email, and address for the correct total price including international shipping & handling.

PLEASE NOTE: IF NO SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE LEFT ON PAYPAL OR EMAILED TO THE AUTHOR, ALL REQUESTED BOOKS WILL BE INSCRIBED AS "TO" THE FIRST NAME OF THE PERSON PURCHASING THE BOOK.

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Second edition of Angles of Attack, an A-6 Intruder Pilot's War is now available in Trade Paperback at Amazon.com or through most bookstores for $19.95.  ***Kindle version now available***

Buy a signed copy of Angles of Attack directly from the author: $28.00 (includes priority mail shipping and handling U.S. sales only).
 
- For international requests: Please email Peter Hunt at peter@settingthehook.org with name, email, and address for the correct total price including international shipping & handling.

Angles of Attack at Amazon