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The Snakebite Survivors' Club: Travels Among Serpents Hardcover - 2000
by Jeremy Seal
Summary
Snakes are Jeremy Seal's fascination-and his greatest fear. In an attempt to overcome his phobia, he undertakes a voyage to Australia, Africa, India, and America in search of the most notorious and deadly species, and to meet the people who live among them. He encounters a Kenyan snake man, whose entire life seems like a preparation for a bite from the terrible black mamba; witch doctors, who use snakes as instruments of vengeance; frightened Australian convicts; and even a preacher in the Deep South, who uses his church's rattlesnakes to try to murder his wife. Along the way Seal recounts amazing scientific snake lore, legends, and historical facts. An erudite but highly entertaining narrative in the English travel-writing tradition, and a finalist for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, The Snakebite Survivors' Club tells a funny, gruesomely fascinating account of the world of snakes and the people they repel, mesmerize, and sometimes kill.
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I eventually stepped inside, of course.
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- Title The Snakebite Survivors' Club: Travels Among Serpents
- Author Jeremy Seal
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin, New York
- Date March 16, 2000
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780151005352 / 0151005354
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.23 x 6.25 x 1.24 in (23.44 x 15.88 x 3.15 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Poisonous snakes, Snakebites
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99049713
- Dewey Decimal Code 597.961
Media reviews
"Highly entertaining . . . An ingenious narrative, full of beautiful descriptions of the tragic and the hilarious . . . An intelligent and richly enjoyable work."-The Mail on Sunday
"Seal's descriptions of the creatures are elegant, exotic and sensual."-The Sunday Times (London)
"A highly charged mix of snake snippets, travel writing, tall tales, and entertaining anecdotes . . . A white-knuckled read."-The Daily Mail
"Seal's descriptions of the creatures are elegant, exotic and sensual."-The Sunday Times (London)
"A highly charged mix of snake snippets, travel writing, tall tales, and entertaining anecdotes . . . A white-knuckled read."-The Daily Mail
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