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    Savage Shore: Life and Death with Nicaragua's Last Shark Hunters

    By Edward Marriott

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    Nicaragua's Atlantic coast is home to the most dangerous of fish, the bull shark, a lethal predator with a fearsome appetite and the only shark that swims in inland waters. Braving Nicaragua's hurricane-torn wilderness of mangrove swamps, Edward Marriott joins the last surviving shark fishermen to sail in a dugout canoe and fish for sharks with a hand line.

    As Marriott charts the life of the bull shark, its migrations, its voracious feeding patterns, and the treasures it offers -- oil for vitamins, hide for leather, and fins for soup -- he reveals lives spent in fear and awe in the shadow of a monster that can sniff fresh blood a mile away. He also tells a tale of human greed: an elemental community, battered by civil war and natural disasters, is now degraded beyond repair to the point of providing bounty for modern-day pirates.

    A gripping narrative of risk and adventure, a poignant record of loss and corruption, Savage Shore confirms Marriott as one of our most original and insightful travel writers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateDec 29, 2015
    ISBN9781250108975
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    Savage Shore: Life and Death with Nicaragua's Last Shark Hunters
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    Edward Marriott

    Edward Marriott is the author of Savage Shore and The Lost Tribe, a New York Times Best Travel Book. A recipient of the Thomas Cook and Banff Awards, he lives in London, where he contributes regularly to the BBC, the Times, and Esquire magazine.

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    • 3/5
      This was a good read, but not a great one. I didn't think the author did a good job of making a compelling story. He follows the lives of these native hunters who take incredible risks with their work. It is also sad to see these great animals hunted to extinction.