Great White Shark - The Devil's Teeth

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 one 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 outpost, a story of crossing the boundary between society and an untamed place where humans are neither wanted nor needed.

Visit www.devilsteeth.net where you can learn more about me, see shark photos from the Farallone Islands, watch a video of a shark encounter and read an excerpt from the book. Don't forget to enter The Devil's Teeth Great White Shark Adventure Sweepstakes For a Chance to Win a Trip to See America's Great White Sharks Up Close.

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[CSchaef02]

great book by the way...."The Devil's Teeth"

[kafeene]

sharks are cool. leave them alone

[YoItsMeCharisse]

Wow. I loved the book. I got hooked to sharks. LOL, Actually I'm writing about great whites tonight for our school paper. The Devil's Teeth is just awesome.

[mandingo9999999]

"Devils Teeth" is a wonderful book. A little adventure, some gore, some science and beautiful descriptions of the sharks and history of the Farallones Islands. Fun read.

[jeslyfirefox]

@splinter101x you mean susan casey was in this boat with peter and scott anderson??

[goatboyful]

a bloody good read, "The Devils Teeth". funny or sad, it could'nt put it down.

[guineapeeg]

tagging.fair play. loved the book susan, lost myself in it and couldnt put it down....

[KindaSneaky]

awesome! i would give just about anything to be able to do the work they are doing. (btw, the devils teeth was an amazing book!)

[jeslyfirefox]

yes rdm4534 ur right bro it looks like the guys over there in the boat arre those biologist mentioned in the susan casey's true novel " The Devils Teeth "

[rdm4534]

Yep, it looks like it. At the end of the clip you can see the distinctive bright red video camera, seen in the book.

Great book!

[brickfacade]

yes, but I think that she came off as selfserving only because she represented herself that way.... she didn't write about herself as a sympathetic character. The book was great.

[CanNarner]

They weren't chumming. Chumming isn't allowed at the Farallon Islands.They're researching.