This witty and perceptive account of the early years of submarine development contains much new material and the lives of the forgotten pioneers of submarines.

Sea Devils is a compelling account of pioneer submariners and their astonishing underwater contraptions. Some made perilous voyages. Others sank like stones. Cr

The standard biography of the man who pioneered the modern submarine.

Reproduction of the original: The Story of the Submarine by Farnham Bishop

Many people have heard of the Hunley, the experimental Confederate submarine that sank the USS Housatonic in a daring nighttime operation. Less well known, howe