Harry E. Rieseberg's autobiographical writings include stories like being attacked by a giant octopus while recovering sunken treasure, defending himself from an attack by a 15-foot shark with only a diving knife, and surviving a hurricane and a severely broken leg while at sea—all captivating tales for audiences in the 1940s and 1950s, and all invented by a very successful charlatan.

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Harry Rieseberg published thousands of magazine and newspaper articles about his adventurous life as an underwater treasure hunter. None of them were true. Click below for a free article about Rieseberg and the research that led to PAPER DIVER.

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