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The Devil's Teeth Hardcover – 7 Jun. 2005

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Susan Casey was in her living room when she first saw the great white sharks of the Farallon Islands, their dark fins swirling around a small motorboat in a documentary. These sharks were the alphas among alphas, some longer than twenty feet, and there were too many to count; even more incredible, this congregation was taking place just twenty-seven miles off the coast of San Francisco. In a matter of months, Casey was being hoisted out of the early-winter swells on a crane, up a cliff face to the barren surface of Southeast Farallon Island - dubbed by sailors in the 1850s the "devil's teeth." There she joined Scot Anderson and Peter Pyle, the two biologists who bunk down during shark season each fall in the Island's ori:e habitable building, a haunted, 135-year-old house spackled with lichen and gull guano. Two days later, she got her first glimpse of the famous, terrifying jaws up close, and she was instantly hooked; her fascination soon yielded to obsession-and an invitation to return for a full season. But as Casey readied herself for the eight-week stint, she had no way of preparing for what she would find among the dangerous, forgotten islands that have banished every campaign for civilization in the past two hundred years. "The Devil's Teeth" is a vivid dispatch from an otherworldly out-post, a story of crossing the boundary between society and an untamed place where humans are neither wanted nor needed. In a world where very little is known for certain, we knew that below us a great white shark was orbiting, waiting for the seal to bleed some more, and that this shark would soon be returning for breakfast. It might be Betty or Mama or the Gadillac, one of the huge females that patrolled the east side of the island. These big girls, all of them over 18 feet long, were known as the sisterhood. Or it might be a "smaller" male (say, 14 or 15 feet) like Two Spot or T-Nose or the sneaky Gal Ripfin. These sharks were called the rat pack. It might be any number of great whites. At this time of the year there were scores of them cruising this 120-acre patch of sea, swimming close to the shoreline of Southeast Farallon Island as hapless seals washed out of finger gulleys at high tide and into the danger zone. In any given year more than a thousand people will be maimed by toilet bowl cleaning products or killed by cattle. Less than a dozen will be attacked by a great white shark. In this neighbourhood, however, odds do not count. At the Farallon Islands in autumn, your chance of meeting a great white face-to-face is better than even money, should you be crazy enough or unlucky enough to end up in the water.

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304 pages
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English
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Henry Holt & Company Inc
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7 Jun. 2005
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16.21 x 2.97 x 24.18 cm
ISBN-10

080507581X
ISBN-13

978-0805075816
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Susan Casey is the development editor of Time Inc. She was previously the editor in chief of Sports Illustrated Women and an editor at large for Time Inc.'s 180 magazine titles. She also served as the creative director of Outside magazine where, with editor Mark Bryant, she led the
magazine to three consecutive, history-making National Magazine Awards for General Excellence. At Outside she was part of the editorial team that developed the stories behind Into Thin Air and The Perfect Storm. Her writing has appeared in Esquire, Time, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated. She lives in New York City.

Susan Casey is the development editor of Time Inc. She was previously the editor in chief of Sports Illustrated Women and an editor at large for Time Inc.'s 180 magazine titles. She also served as the creative director of Outside magazine where, with editor Mark Bryant, she led the magazine to three consecutive, history-making National Magazine Awards for General Excellence. At Outside she was part of the editorial team that developed the stories behind Into Thin Air and The Perfect Storm. Her writing has appeared in Esquire, Time, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated. She lives in New York City.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Henry Holt & Company Inc (7 Jun. 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 080507581X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0805075816
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.21 x 2.97 x 24.18 cm

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Elaine

Predictable: Selfishness Leads To Sad Ending

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 3 July 2023

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This book was recommended by someone on a social media thread during a discussion about Orcas driving out or scaring away Great Whites from their usual hunting grounds. That subject alone is interesting enough and as a marine life enthusiast I decided, even though it was by now twenty years old, to read the book. I’d seen several TV documentaries about the Farallon Islands including some of the individual characters mentioned throughout the book so gave it a chance. The author only very briefly mentioned the Orca issue once but that didn’t take away from the energetic stories.
Unfortunately it kind of becomes an ego trip and is more about the author wanting to be at the centre of everything and getting her own way at a huge cost to others (one guy lost his boat, another his job) rather than anything else. She didn’t even seem to come across as if she felt even minutely responsible and may have got what she wanted but the book ends leaving you with the impression that the islands and everyone working there would have been much better off had she not gone there at all

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 28 August 2021

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Book was superb. Must buy for any great white enthusiasts.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 20 February 2023

My brother kindly lent me this book, as we both have an equal love for anything shark related.

In all honesty, I wasn't sure if I was going to enjoy this book; if it was going to drone on and repeat the same information. But, it was a brilliant read.
Whilst yes it is about Great White Sharks, it is also much more than that. The sharks are of course a key feature, but it's the Farallon Islands that are the main character of the book.
I took my time with the reading: reading one chapter a night. There is so much information packed into each chapter, that it isn't a book to be rushed. That said, it's also not rammed full of scientific words, it is an easy read if you are interested in the subject matter.
Although foolhardy towards the end of her time at the Farallons, Susan Casey is one lucky person having experienced the adventures she has had there.
One thing is for sure, the Farallon Islands are one of nature's last outposts; reminding us humans how inferior we are against her power.

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Jason Baker

Great read, you almost feel that your their on ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 13 April 2015

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Great read, you almost feel that your their on the Farallone islands with all the nature around you! I like this author alot.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 1 March 2015

bought as a present

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 10 January 2016

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Very interesting book to read I you love shark i would recommend you read it

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scott grigg

Could just be me but if you buy a book ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 21 November 2014

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Could just be me but if you buy a book about sharks surly that's what you'd expect, not ten ton of back story that make you forget why your reading in the first place. But each to there own, prompt delivery thank's.

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Peterplodicus

Great read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 11 December 2013

My girlfriend bought me this book last Christmas, and it cost her a grand total of £1. Best present I got! Thoroughly enjoyed reading about the island, its history, the widlife, the way the scientists live and the sharks. The way she describes the scenes she encounters makes you feel like you're they're. Read it :)

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