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Matthiessen, Peter. Publication date. 1973. Topics. White shark. Publisher. [New York] New American Library. Collection. inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks; china. Digitizing sponsor. Internet Archive.

Peter Matthiessen was the cofounder of The Paris Review and is the author of numerous works of nonfiction, including In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, Indian Country, and The Snow Leopard, winner of the National Book Award. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. Later I would go beneath the sea as an observer on an expedition that had come to film the great ocean sharks as they came in to attack the rolling carcasses. Because it is senseless the whale slaughter would be ugly, but the shark’s banquet would be beautiful. Such elemental life-in-death would be less horrifying than exalting, restoring the immediacy of existence.

Preview — Blue Meridian by Peter Matthiessen. Blue Meridian: The Search for the Great White Shark. by. Peter Matthiessen. Before Peter Benchley scared everyone out of the water with his 1974 novel "Jaws," Peter Matthiessen was writing eloquently about the Great White shark, the apex predator of the oceans. The film "Blue Water, White Death" was based on this book. His writing, along with the journals kept by diver Valerie Taylor, make this a must-have book for anyone interested in marine biology.

As Peter Matthiessen, the nature writer and novelist, writes in "Blue Meridian," "This monster was towed ashore and hauled out on the docks of Montauk, and as I lived not far away I went down one day to see it. Though white sharks vary in color, or lack of it--some are gray- white or brown or even a bruised blue--then tend to pale as they grow older, and this one was a dirty grayish white, like a cadaver. Its length was awesome, and so was its vast maw, but most appalling was its girth, its massiveness: one saw immediately how such a beast could take a seal in a single dreadful He brooded over the great white shark, and decided to see if he could photograph it from up close--make a movie in which the huge fish would star.

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204 pages 25 cm. "In 1969 and 1970 Peter Gimbel led a crew of professional divers on a world-ranging expedition to find and film underwater the great white shark. This was a feat never before accopmlished, in part because the beast is rarely seen, in part because it the most dangerous of all underwater creatures. Peter Matthiessen was asked to write the story of this search, and to serve as a spare hand, both on the surface and below. At intervals over a period of seventeen months he accompanied Gimbel's crew--from the Caribbean to the whaling grounds off Durban, to various islands i

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Read Blue Meridian by Peter Matthiessen with a free trial. Read unlimited* books and audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. Filled with acute observations of natural history in exotic areas around the world, Blue Meridian records a harrowing account of one of the great adventures of our time. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-

Blue Meridian. The Search for the Great White Shark (1971). The Tree Where Man Was Born (1972). The Snow Leopard (1978). Peter Matthiessen interviewed on Conversations from Penn State. The film Time Passes, a portrait on Peter Matthiessen by Pat van Boeckel (ReRun Productions), was broadcast in the Netherlands by the Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation in 2011. (Part 2 and 3 can be viewed at the same website.) Howard Norman (Spring 1999). "Peter Matthiessen, The Art of Fiction No. 157". The Paris Review. Charles McGrath (November 11, 2008).

Matthiessen PeterMatthiessen Peter. Поделиться. Доступна только бумажная версия документа. 204 p. Количество страниц. 1971. Год издания. New York. Место издания. Голубой меридиан. Рассказ о путешествии в Тихом и Индийском океане, предпринятом кинематографистами в поисках большой белой акулы, в 1969-1970 гг. О произведении. Издательство. Random House. УДК. 910.4(100). Библиотека.

Great white. Shark. Peter Matthiessen. PENGUIN BOOKS. Published by the Penguin Group. The harpoon gun swings from port to starboard, searching for the biggest whale, but these close groups are composed of cows under thirty-three feet; he finds no target. The bow cuts the pod in half, and the whale shapes, fleeing to the side, slide like cloud shadows beneath the sea. In moments, they rise, surging and blowing, and the ship rides down on them.

Blue Meridian Matthiessen, Peter Random House 9781860460159 : Records the experience of swimming in open water among hundreds of sharks, the beauties of strange seas and landscapes and the cam. Размер: 217 x 136 x 13 Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade) Подзаголовок: Search for the great white shark Рейтинг: Поставляется из: Англии Описание: Records the experience of swimming in open water among hundreds of sharks, the beauties of strange seas and landscapes and the camaraderie, humour and tension of people who live in close proximity and risk their lives day by day. Дополнительное описание

nonfiction by Matthiessen. Learn about this topic in these articles: discussed in biography. In Peter Matthiessen. Blue Meridian: The Search for the Great White Shark (1971) sheds light on a predator about which little is known. The Snow Leopard (1978), set in remote regions of Nepal, won both the National Book Award for nonfiction and the American Book Award. Read More. Inspire your inbox – Sign up for daily fun facts about this day in history, updates, and special offers. Enter your email. Subscribe.

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Peter Matthiessen (Nueva York, 22 de mayo de 1927 - Sagaponack, Nueva York, 5 de abril de 2014) fue un naturalista y escritor estadounidense de libros de historia reales y de ficción. El trabajo de Matthiessen es conocido por su enfoque meticuloso de investigación y desarrollo. Frecuentemente centra su investigación en el tema de los indígenas amerindios, como se detalla en su estudio sobre el caso de Leonard Peltier In the Spirit of Crazy Horse.

Buy a cheap copy of Blue Meridian: The Search for the Great book . Bestselling author Peter Matthiessen takes readers on an expedition to find the most dangerous predator on Earth--the legendary great white shark. On a trek that Free shipping over $10. Before Peter Benchley scared everyone out of the water with his 1974 novel "Jaws," Peter Matthiessen was writing eloquently about the Great White shark, the apex predator of the oceans. The film "Blue Water, White Death" was based on this book. His writing, along with the journals kept by diver Valerie Taylor, make this a must-have book for anyone interested in marine biology.

A classic work of nature and humanity, by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise National Book Award-winning author Peter Matthiessen takes readers on an expedition to find the most dangerous predator on Earth—the legendary great white shark. Filled with acute observations of natural history in exotic areas around the world, Blue Meridian records a harrowing account of one of the great adventures of our time. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines.

By: Peter Matthiessen. 163 pages, B/w photos. Publisher: Harvill Press. About this book. Reprint of the 1971 edition. Account of the famous 1969 expedition, the first attempt to capture the Great White on film. Customer Reviews. Review this book. By: Peter Matthiessen. 163 pages, B/w photos. Publisher: Harvill Press.

Blue Meridian by Peter Matthiessen, 9780140265132, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Filled with acute observations of natural history in exotic areas around the world, Blue Meridian records a harrowing account of one of the great adventures of our time. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-