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There are not many people who have the gift to make the account of their adventures as hair-raising as the adventures themselves, but Mr. Conan Doyle is one of the few. His new book is an account of a mission undertaken on behalf of the Natural History Museum of Geneva to capture an adult Tiger Shark. While found in all tropical seas, tigers are harder to capture than the majority of sharks owing to their great strength and ferocity.
174 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1963
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About the author
Adrian Conan Doyle
36 books59 followersAdrian Malcolm Conan Doyle was the youngest son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his second wife Jean, Lady Doyle or Lady Conan Doyle. He had two siblings, sister Jean and brother Denis, as well as two half-siblings, sister Mary and brother Kingsley.
Adrian Conan Doyle has been depicted as a race-car driver, big-game hunter, explorer, and writer.
He married Danish-born Anna Andersen, and was his father's literary executor after his mother died in 1940. He founded the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Foundation in Switzerland in 1965. On his death, his sister Jean Conan Doyle took over as their father's literary executor.
(source: Wikipedia)
Adrian Conan Doyle has been depicted as a race-car driver, big-game hunter, explorer, and writer.
He married Danish-born Anna Andersen, and was his father's literary executor after his mother died in 1940. He founded the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Foundation in Switzerland in 1965. On his death, his sister Jean Conan Doyle took over as their father's literary executor.
(source: Wikipedia)
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December 12, 2020
An excellent high paced little book by the youngest son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Conan Doyle is engaged by the Natural History Museum of Geneva to obtain a specimen adult tiger shark - and it is to Djibouti and its surrounds (Somalia and Eritrea now) and the dangerous waters, he heads. It is an adventure made no easier by some hasty (or poor) planning - in terms of food and shelter, and a severely limited choice of boats and crew available for hire. Of course it wouldn't be worth the book if he didn't succeed - but there are plenty of adventures along the way.
The second part of the book sees Conan Doyle in Aden (The Protectorate of Aden, now Yemen), again engaged by the Geneva Museum to obtain not a full tiger shark, but to obtain the jaws of various types of sharks, but more especially the saws of large sawfish. So more adventures and risky behaviour.
This was a great read, well worth the paltry NZ$4 I picked it up for from a second hand bookshop while on holiday!
5 stars
Conan Doyle is engaged by the Natural History Museum of Geneva to obtain a specimen adult tiger shark - and it is to Djibouti and its surrounds (Somalia and Eritrea now) and the dangerous waters, he heads. It is an adventure made no easier by some hasty (or poor) planning - in terms of food and shelter, and a severely limited choice of boats and crew available for hire. Of course it wouldn't be worth the book if he didn't succeed - but there are plenty of adventures along the way.
The second part of the book sees Conan Doyle in Aden (The Protectorate of Aden, now Yemen), again engaged by the Geneva Museum to obtain not a full tiger shark, but to obtain the jaws of various types of sharks, but more especially the saws of large sawfish. So more adventures and risky behaviour.
This was a great read, well worth the paltry NZ$4 I picked it up for from a second hand bookshop while on holiday!
5 stars
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