Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search



The Bathysphere book : effects of the luminous ocean depths  Cover Image Book Book

The Bathysphere book : effects of the luminous ocean depths / Brad Fox.

Summary:

"A gorgeous account of William Beebe's 1934 Bathysphere expedition, the first-ever deep-sea voyage to the otherworldly environment 3,024 feet below sea level"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781662601903 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 336 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Astra House, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
First glimpse -- Spectral visions -- Sinking lower -- Upside down -- Blunderbuss -- Falling -- The deepest dives -- Underwriting -- Surfacing -- Summer -- Invisibilities -- Ink spills everywhere -- Silence and solitude -- Leaving the body behind -- Recent sighting.
Subject: Barton, Otis.
Beebe, William, 1877-1962.
Bathysphere Expedition (1934)
Deep-sea sounding.
Explorers > Biography.
Underwater exploration > History.
Genre: Biographies.
Personal narratives.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch 551.4609 Fox 31681010323160 NONFIC Available -

Brad Fox is a writer living in New York. His novel, To Remain Nameless, was published by Rescue Press in 2020. His stories, articles, and translations have appeared in The New Yorker, Guernica, Public Domain Review, and the Whitney Biennial. He has worked as a researcher and story consultant for novelists and filmmakers, and he had an earlier career as a journalist and relief worker in the Balkans, Mexico, the Arab world, and Turkey.


Additional Resources