Shark

Stories of Life and Death from the World's Most Dangerous Waters

By: Clint Willis (Editor), Nathaniel May (Editor)

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Paperback | 8 May 2002

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Shark picks up where previous Adrenaline titles such as Rough Water and Deep Blue left off, with a collection focusing on man''s terrifying interactions with one of the planet''s most frightening beasts -- an animal that arouses our most primal fears -- fears that were recently brought to the surface by an outbreak of fatal attacks on this country''s beaches. From novelists to sailors to oceanographers to divers, man''s encounters with sharks have produced a diverse body of gripping, often inspired writing by great names in adventure literature. Along with 16 black-and-white photos, selections feature a wide range of work with an emphasis on thrills and chills, including Peter Matthiessen on the great white shark, Edward Marriott on hunting man-eaters off Nicaragua, Richard Fernicola''s account of the 1916 shark attacks that inspired Peter Benchley''s Jaws, and Jacques Cousteau''s studies of the creatures.

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Non-Fiction Nature & The Natural World Wildlife in General Wildlife & Aquatic Creatures Freshwater Life Sea Life & The Seashore

Photographs	p. viii
Introduction	p. ix
from Blue Meridian	p. 1
from Savage Shore	p. 33
Shark Dive	p. 67
A Shark in the Mind of One Contemplating Wilderness	p. 79
The Shark's Parlor	p. 89
from The Lonely Crossing of Juan Cabrera	p. 95
Under the Deck Awnings	p. 113
from Close to Shore	p. 123
from Cousteau's Great White Shark	p. 137
from The Coast of Coral	p. 161
from The Lady and the Sharks	p. 171
Diving Into Shark-Fin Soup	p. 183
from Sharks Are Caught at Night	p. 195
from Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas	p. 209
from Last Horizons	p. 221
from The Old Man and the Sea	p. 231
from Desperate Voyage	p. 239
from In the Slick of the Cricket	p. 253
Great White Sharks	p. 273
from Jaws	p. 289
Acknowledgments	p. 295
Permissions	p. 296
Bibliography	p. 298
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