The Loonliness of a Deep Sea Diver: David Harrison Beckett, My Autobiography [Paperback]

Imagine living in a box at the bottom of the sea for a month at a time. Locked away in a saturation chamber, plumbed to depths of more than 500 feet, this has been David Beckett's love, life, and work for all his adult life. Destined to become a pig farmer in the late 1960s, a twist of fate saw David become an air diver, and within a short space of time, he progressed to saturation diving. He would brush with death on more than one occasion - not least when helping to recover 47 bodies of the victims of the Sumburgh chinook disaster in Scotland's Shetland Islands - and when called in to assist with the deadliest peacetime shipwreck in Europe, as the MSEstoniasank in the Baltic Sea in 1994 and claimed 852 lives. Amongst the depths of despair, there are many lighter moments, including treasure hunting in the Philippines, almost clinching a contract to salvage the bursar's safe from theTitanic, and surviving a 24-hour typhoon that brought 80-foot waves crashing down on his boat.The Loonliness of a Deep Sea Diveris gritty, sometimes comical, and offers a unique glimpse into a life at sea, much of it at the bottom.David Beckettcollaborated with acclaimed writerPaul Zanonto write his book. Paul is the author ofJimmy Tibbs - Sparring With Life, and alsoThe Yorkshire Hunter, the autobiography of former double world boxing champion Paul Ingle, whose career came to an abrupt end after a devastating brain injury. He's also been writing for theDaily Sportsince 2012 as their boxing correspondent, in addition to writing forBoxing Monthly.

• Autobiography of one of the world’s most experienced and respected deep-sea divers David Harrison Beckett, now in paperback
• Engaging life story which will appeal to the millions of dive enthusiasts and also to non-enthusiasts via its fascinating human-interest appeal
• Includes gripping, first-hand accounts of some of the world’s lÓ#