Originally posted by dean miller
Very interesting --and exciting! with shades of days of yesteryear! Keep them comming!
Interesting that you used the term "Widowmaker." This term became a popular term in the late 1960s after the publication of James Jones last book
"Go to the widowmaker" in 1967. it was one of the first, if not the first Scuba diving story by a popular author. The widowmaker was a cave--This
book brought the term into the American lexicon, and for a short while was used extensively by only divers.. Now it applies to anything that is
dangerous, above or below the H2O.
FYI
James Jones was considered one of the great American writers of his time, but since his death has been all but forgotten. His other books, which were
made in to major movies are: From Here to enternity, Some came running, The thin red line. Widowmaker and The Pistol have not been made into movies.
I have been working on Go to the widowmaker for many years and have only read 190 pages out of 640 pages-Oh yes! spell binding book!
I apologize for the borring discourse...
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