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Travels Through The Hidden World Of Sharks
Pantheon
June 2011
On Sale: June 14, 2011
320 pages
ISBN: 0375425128
EAN: 9780375425127
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
A group of traders huddles around a pile of dried shark fins
on a gleaming white floor in Hong Kong. A Papua New Guinean
elder shoves off in his hand-carved canoe, ready to summon a
shark with ancient magic. A scientist finds a rare shark in
Indonesia and forges a deal with villagers so it and other
species can survive. In this eye-opening adventure that spans the globe, Juliet
Eilperin investigates the fascinating ways different
individuals and cultures relate to the ocean’s top predator.
Along the way, she reminds us why, after millions of years,
sharks remain among nature’s most awe-inspiring creatures. From Belize to South Africa, from Shanghai to Bimini, we see
that sharks are still the object of an obsession that may
eventually lead to their extinction. This is why movie stars
and professional athletes go shark hunting in Miami and why
shark’s fin soup remains a coveted status symbol in China.
Yet we also see glimpses of how people and sharks can exist
alongside one another: surfers tolerating their presence off
Cape Town and ecotourists swimming with sharks that locals
in the Yucatán no longer have to hunt. With a reporter’s instinct for a good story and a
scientist’s curiosity, Eilperin offers us an up-close
understanding of these extraordinary, mysterious creatures
in the most entertaining and illuminating shark encounter
you’re likely to find outside a steel cage.
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