Published in 1888, this 24-page “little book” written by Captain Louis Sorcho of the Great Deep Sea Diving Company provides a peek into the life and adventures of the “Only Woman Deep Sea Diver in the World.”

Excerpt: ”To the average individual unacquainted with the art of deep sea diving and the mysteries of the ocean away down beneath its surface, divers are sort of superhuman creatures often read about but seldom seen. How they exist in the ocean's depths, the queer costume they are compelled to wear, the strange sensations they experience, the wonderful sights they see, the desperate risks they take, and the manner in which they work beneath the water, have, heretofore, all been a sealed volume to the general public.

In presenting this little book to our patrons, it is our object to enlighten them on these subjects, and give them some idea, at least, of the life of a diver.

See here a woman, who has braved the thousand deaths that await the diver; who has calmly, yet courageously, ventured in the ocean's depth, with only the fishes and the thousands awaiting the day when the sea shall give up its dead for companions; kept herself in perfect control and invaded the mystic depths as a conqueror, mistress alike of element and herself.

Mrs. Sorcho is the only woman deep sea diver in the world, and is the only woman alive today who has ever donned a submarine armor and descended into the ocean's depths to work.”

(A special thank you to Neal Klemens for the book suggestion.)

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