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| This publication is available for export. Rights held worldwide by Media 21. |
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Ben Cropp is a one-off, an original – a self-confessed "old pirate" – whose life story is inseparable from giant sharks, gaping jaws and trails of blood in the water.
One of the world’s legendary "shark hunters", Cropp is Australia’s best known skindiver and underwater explorer.
Now, for the first time, after a career spanning 50 years, Cropp has agreed to tell his complete, no-holds-barred story.
Ben Cropp: Blood in the Water is packed with adventure, larger-than-life characters, and Cropp's own award-winning pictures of danger in deep blue waters.
Consider the following incidents from Blood in the Water:
- Close encounters with White Pointers, Bronze Whalers and Hammerheads
- The largest shark ever captured on film
- More than 100 shipwrecks discovered
- Historical sailing mysteries unravelled
- Adventures with Clint Eastwood, Peter Allen, Leonard Nimoy, Rupert Murdoch, Christopher Skase and other celebrities
- Behind-the-scenes on more than 100 documentaries
- The 35 foot Whale Shark that changed Ben Cropp’s life
- His conversion from shark hunter to passionate conservationist
Ben Cropp: Blood in the Water is a full-colour, large-format book, with 200-plus pages of text and pictures throughout. |
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| Ben Cropp (with Mike Colman) |
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| Ben Cropp’s story is of a small town boy, the son of a missionary, who dreamed of living his life a certain way – and made his every dream come true. For over 50 years he experienced the thrills and danger of underwater adventure that made him a legend around the world. Mike Colman is an experienced and respected print journalist, whose previous writing credits include rugby league best sellers, Raging Bull and Fatty as well as an award winning cricket biography of Eddie Gilbert |
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| Colour photographs throughout |
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