In the Slick of the Cricket: The True Story Behind the Jaws Epic
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Book Overview
Who can forget the scene in Jaws when Quint, the weathered, steely-eyed captain scrapes his fingernails down the blackboard and announces to the quibbling town elders that they're dealing with a great... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0140274359
ISBN13:9780140274356
Release Date:August 1998
Publisher:Penguin Group
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.52 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 4.8" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Amazing
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I loved this book. You don't find a lot of books about Sharkin around. I swear that I could almost taste the salt air of the Atlantic Ocean while reading this. Hats off to the author and thanks for the wonderful bio of Frank Mundus.
fasted paced enjoyable read, breezy and informative
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Just when you thought it was safe to ..... read a book... "Cricket" offers an insight to the man that inspired the role of "Quint" in the movie "Jaws".Frank Mundus is a unique character...honest, poetic, funny, intelligent, old school. Too bad there are not more fisherman like him....I give it 4 fins.
A great white shark is exposed to human exploitation.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Capt. Mundis hunt for the great white sharks off Montauk,NY is an expose of human foibles. The very people he took fishing,turn around and become a part of the feeding frenzy of exploitation of the oceans. Russel Drumm,the author,writes of subjects he knows intimately. The prose flows with the ebb and fall of the tides. This is a book of the sea by men of the sea.
A Stimulating And Eloquent Tale From The Brine
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Whatever preconceived notions you hold about this wonderful book, be prepared to push your personal horizons farther than even the great Frank Mundus might care to go. Drumm is a find. He writes about shark fishing in a way that makes it a metaphor for much greater things. That's not meant to take away from the fact that this book is first and foremost about the "Monster Man's" greatest accomplishments. It is very much what you might expect. But it is also a fresh and original exploration into the personal and collective oceans within us all. Read it to recover a sense of awe.
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