The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession And Survival Among America's Great White Sharks (THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE PRINT NONFICTION SERIES) - Hardcover

Casey, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786281081 ISBN 13: 9780786281084

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2005

Synopsis

A journalist describes how her fascination with great white sharks led her to Southeast Farallon Island, a remote island off the California coast, and to a group of biologists who study these fearsome, frequently misunderstood predators of the sea.

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Review

"I read Susan Casey's book in a feeding frenzy, satisfying my curiosity while fueling my fascination with sharks. A thoroughly researched and well-written piece of literature that raises hairs as well as tickling funny bones, THE DEVIL'S TEETH artfully reveals what lurks in the shadows of the mysterious great white and the people obsessed with them. The true triumph of the book, though, is in Casey's transcendence of mere journalism-she's clearly embraced by the world of which she writes." -Linda Greenlaw, Author of THE HUNGRY OCEAN and ALL FISHERMEN ARE LIARS "A marvelous book-part adventure, part meditation, part natural history -- that takes the reader on a wild ride into a strange and seductive world. Casey is the perfect diving companion; her account of life among San Francisco's shark population is engaging, smart, and irresistible." -Susan Orlean, author of "My Kind of Place" and "The Orchid Thief"
"In delivering us to the Farallon Islands, and then into the souls of the magnificent Great White Sharks that populate its waters, Susan Casey has really delivered us into the DNA of our own beings. The Devil's Teeth is more than a shark story; it is an account of our instincts, our appetites, even our futures, all beautifully told by a writer compelled to know."-Robert Kurson, author of "Shadow Divers"
"'There's another world, and it's in this one, '" declares Susan Casey, reveling in the surreality of her days and nights spent among the world's coolest, cold-eyed customers, great white sharks. Who knew these beasts lived so close to San Francisco, within the pizza delivery zone of that fair city? Casey is a poet, a bare-knuckled spirit, unabashed and funny, and hers is anentrancing ride to a beautiful, forbidding place, a new world, close by. Hang on." -Doug Stanton, author of "In Harm's Way"
"Susan Casey could write about guppies, and I'd want to read her book. I devoured this book like a shark." -Mary Roach, author of "Stiff"
THE ADVENTURE STORY "GUARANTEED TO SCARE PEOPLE
RIGHT OUT OF THE WATER." --The Associated Press

A Widely Acclaimed Bestseller
A New York Times bestseller
A San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
A Book Sense bestseller
A 2005 NPR Summer Reading selection
A Men's Journal Top-10 Read
A Barnes and Noble Discover selection
A Book Sense selection

Praise from coast to coast for "The Devil's Teeth"
"It's Jaws meets Adaptation." --"The Wall Street Journal"

"Chilling . . . A lively and detailed account." "--""USA"" Today"

"[A] page-turner . . . The book gives you a way of reaching these mysterious isles without getting wet." --"San Francisco"" Chronicle"

"Casey delivers amazing details . . . "The Devil's Teeth" will surely satisfy your appetite for all things fanged and finned." --"National Geographic Adventure"
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Guaranteed to scare people right out of the water.
"The Associated Press"

It's Jaws meets Adaptation. "The Wall Street Journal"

Chilling . . . A lively and detailed account. "USA Today"

[A] page-turner . . . The book gives you a way of reaching these mysterious isles without getting wet. "San Francisco Chronicle"

Casey delivers amazing details . . . "The Devil's Teeth" will surely satisfy your appetite for all things fanged and finned. "National Geographic Adventure""

Guaranteed to scare people right out of the water.
The Associated Press

It's Jaws meets Adaptation. The Wall Street Journal

Chilling . . . A lively and detailed account. USA Today

[A] page-turner . . . The book gives you a way of reaching these mysterious isles without getting wet. San Francisco Chronicle

Casey delivers amazing details . . . The Devil's Teeth will surely satisfy your appetite for all things fanged and finned. National Geographic Adventure

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"Guaranteed to scare people right out of the water.
" --The Associated Press

"It's Jaws meets Adaptation." --The Wall Street Journal

"Chilling . . . A lively and detailed account." --USA Today

"[A] page-turner . . . The book gives you a way of reaching these mysterious isles without getting wet." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Casey delivers amazing details . . . The Devil's Teeth will surely satisfy your appetite for all things fanged and finned." --National Geographic Adventure

About the Author

Susan Casey is the development editor of Time Inc., where she was previously an editor at large, as well as the Editor of Sports Illustrated Women. She also served as the creative director of Outside magazine, which during her tenure won three consecutive, history-making National Magazine Awards for General Excellence. Her writing has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Esquire, Time and Fortune. A native of Toronto, she lives in New York City.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786281081
• ISBN 13: 9780786281084
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 533