The Devil's Teeth

The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks

First edition cover
Author Susan Casey
Country United States
Language English
Subject Great white sharks
Genre Non-fiction
Publisher Henry Holt and Company
Publication date
 June 7, 2005
Media type Print, e-book
Pages 304 pp.
ISBN 978-0805075816

The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks is a non-fiction book about great white sharks by American journalist Susan Casey. The text was initially published by Henry Holt and Company on June 7, 2005.[1] The book became a widely acclaimed bestseller.

Overview

Susan Casey, a journalist and ocean lover, became infatuated with great white sharks of the Farallon Islands—dubbed by sailors in the 1850s the "devil's teeth." The sharks there are the alphas among alphas, some longer than twenty feet, and they congregate just twenty-seven miles off the coast of San Francisco. After going through many restrictions and barriers, she manages to join a group of scientists studying predation patterns by great white sharks within the so-called Red Triangle.[1]

Commentary

As the creative director of Outside magazine during its Jon Krakauer-Sebastian Junger heyday, Casey ([then] the development editor of Time Inc.) acquired a good ear for the false notes of ecotourism and a thorough understanding of the humbling swipe nature can take at cocky adventurers. Because of that awareness, she often allows herself to come across as a blundering nautical novice, which is refreshing (and true), though somewhat alarming considering that her lack of competence puts the researchers themselves and the funding for their project in jeopardy. In fact, though no one becomes shark bait, the story ends in misfortune for two of its cast, leaving one to wonder if the book itself is a bittersweet apologia to those who may have suffered because of Casey's admittedly single-minded obsession with the Farallon whites.
— Louise Flynn[2]

Bestselling list

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Casey 2005.
  2. ↑ FLYNN, LOUISE (June 5, 2005). "'The Devil's Teeth': Great White Ways". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  3. ↑ "Book Sense Selection". susancasey.com. Retrieved 2015-05-12.

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