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Underwater hunting is often surrounded by controversy in the 21ste century. Often, history is differently remembered than what actually happened. Didn't the underwater hunters play a significant role in the development of the current diving business. Also in the Netherlands played underwater hunters a pivotal role in the founding of the Dutch Underwater Association. This book from Bill Barada comes from a time period that underwater hunting didn't met so much resistance. It was a time where the whole world seemed to be conquered except the oceans. Bill Barada, who had over 30 years of experiences, writes down about a time period that became the golden age of the underwater pioneers. The knowledge is conveyed in various stories of the experience that the spearfishers developed in those years around the United States. From the experience of the first amateur underwater photographers to the survival of the spear fishers at the coasts of Texas. From different hunting techniques to wrestling with giant octopuses with bare hands Barada's book is excitingly interesting even though the opinion on hunting has changed. Techniques that let a hunter see the fish are also very good usable by the photographer or diver and it is fascinating to read about how these pionieers of the fifties and sixties survived with just limited knowledge and materials compared to what we know now. Underwater hunting, it's techniques and adventures from 1969, is written by Bill Barada, and published by Doubleday, Garden City, N. Y. |