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Hebridean Sharker

By: Tex Geddes

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Hebridean Sharker

By: Tex Geddes

In 'Hebridean Sharker' Tex Geddes describes his exploits during the 1950s as a hunter of basking sharks in the waters of the Minch, between the Inner and Outer Hebrides. Using an adapted whaling harpoon, he and his crew stalked these huge fish often in perilous conditions, the liver of which is a valuable source of oil. Always a maverick, before World War Two Geddes had been a boxer and a rumrunner to Newfoundland. During the war he established a reputation as an expert knife-thrower and bayonet fencer and served in the Special Forces with Gavin Maxwell (author of Ring of Bright Water). He combined the hazardous pursuit of sharks with crewing the local lifeboat, ring-net fishing, lobstering, deer-stalking and salmon poaching. He went on to purchase the tiny island of Soay, where he lived with his wife Jeanne, continued to hunt sharks and became the Laird. His story is full of adventures and fantastic descriptions of a seagoing life in the islands. It has become a Hebridean classic.

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0857906437

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Hebridean Sharker

By: Tex Geddes

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Hebridean Sharker

By: Tex Geddes

In 'Hebridean Sharker' Tex Geddes describes his exploits during the 1950s as a hunter of basking sharks in the waters of the Minch, between the Inner and Outer Hebrides. Using an adapted whaling harpoon, he and his crew stalked these huge fish often in perilous conditions, the liver of which is a valuable source of oil. Always a maverick, before World War Two Geddes had been a boxer and a rumrunner to Newfoundland. During the war he established a reputation as an expert knife-thrower and bayonet fencer and served in the Special Forces with Gavin Maxwell (author of Ring of Bright Water). He combined the hazardous pursuit of sharks with crewing the local lifeboat, ring-net fishing, lobstering, deer-stalking and salmon poaching. He went on to purchase the tiny island of Soay, where he lived with his wife Jeanne, continued to hunt sharks and became the Laird. His story is full of adventures and fantastic descriptions of a seagoing life in the islands. It has become a Hebridean classic.

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The Governor's Mansion of Texas

A Historic Tour

By: Friends of the Governor's Mansion (Austin, Tex.)

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The Governor's Mansion of Texas

A Historic Tour

By: Friends of the Governor's Mansion (Austin, Tex.)

The beautiful mansion is shown by made pictures, histories of furniture and portraits of Texans.

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The Governor's Mansion of Texas

A Historic Tour

By: Friends of the Governor's Mansion (Tex.)

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A Historic Tour

By: Friends of the Governor's Mansion (Tex.)

The beautiful mansion is shown by made pictures, histories of furniture and portraits of Texans.

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