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Double Bass Lesson book advice

Hello everyone! I am a new/old Double Bassist. What I mean by that is that I played the Double Bass my senior year of high school 20 years ago. With my son recently starting on Violin it's rekindled a spark inside me to dust off the old Double Bass and learn it all over again. The only reason I had played it in high school is because they didn't have any DB players in Orchestra, and I played Tuba in band. Since I had Violin experience and knew Bass Clef, they drafted me. They threw sheet music at me, the bass, and told me to find the notes and play them. I can play 1/2 and 1st position but get a bit lost after that. I'm looking for some kind of lesson book that would help me teach myself (there are no DB teachers within 75 miles of me). I want to learn the correct way so that it sounds decent. I'm only learning this for fun, not a professional career as I already have an unrelated job. I can already read Bass and Treble Clef. What would be a good book for me with my past experience? Thanks.
 
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