Author: COLEMAN, JAMES C. , ET AL.
Title: Frogmen in Action
Description: San Francisco, CA: Harr Wagner Publishing Company, 1967. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Joseph Maniscalco. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and was ued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name to the front endpaper. "A frogman is someone who is trained in scuba diving or swimming underwater in a tactical capacity that includes military, and in some European countries, police work. Such personnel are also known by the more formal names of combat diver, combatant diver, or combat swimmer. The word frogman first arose in the stage name The Fearless Frogman of Paul Boyton in the 1870s and later was claimed by John Spence, an enlisted member of the U. S. Navy and member of the OSS Maritime Unit, to have been applied to him while he was training in a green waterproof suit. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
Keywords: Young Adult James C. Coleman Joseph Maniscalco The Deep-sea Adventure Series Text Book Youth Text Frogmen Scuba Diving
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Title: Frogmen in Action
Description: San Francisco, CA: Harr Wagner Publishing Company, 1967. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Joseph Maniscalco. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and was ued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name to the front endpaper. "A frogman is someone who is trained in scuba diving or swimming underwater in a tactical capacity that includes military, and in some European countries, police work. Such personnel are also known by the more formal names of combat diver, combatant diver, or combat swimmer. The word frogman first arose in the stage name The Fearless Frogman of Paul Boyton in the 1870s and later was claimed by John Spence, an enlisted member of the U. S. Navy and member of the OSS Maritime Unit, to have been applied to him while he was training in a green waterproof suit. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
Keywords: Young Adult James C. Coleman Joseph Maniscalco The Deep-sea Adventure Series Text Book Youth Text Frogmen Scuba Diving
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 44025
- Book number: 44025
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