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~2h 43min
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English
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Nature
Scientific Expeditions
Sharks
Harvill Press 4 views
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1860460151
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Paperback
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Peter Matthiessen

Peter Matthiessen was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer and CIA agent. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he was a 2008 National Book Award winner. He was also a prominent environmental activist. His nonfiction featured nature and travel, notably The Snow Leopard (1978) and American Indian issues and history, such as a detailed and controversial study of the Leonard Peltier case, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1983). His fiction was adapted for film: the early story "Travelin' Man" was made into The Young One (1960) by Luis Buñuel and the novel At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1965) into the 1991 film of the same name.

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Mildly interesting but now dated account of a film makers quest to make a movie about sharks in general but mostly the Great White. The White doesn't make an appearance until very late in the book. Reasonable writing. Worth buying used as part of a general survey of Great Whites, whaling, early underwater film making, et. Matthiessen hadn't quite devolved to his present status as a venerated but unreadable author, though the book has it's frustrations.

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