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Not boring history! The stuff you didn't learn in school!

Revisado: 12-23-23

Should be required reading/listening for all Americans living in this region. Interesting focus on how regional ecology influences civilization. Engaging naration.

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Please pay for professional narrators!

Revisado: 06-25-21

I love Mr. Kurlansky's books and own many of them, but a couple have been degraded by the quality of narration. This is one of them. Mr. Kurlansky is a phenomenal writer and excellent storyteller, but his narration sounds like the most dry and boring history professor you ever had choking on his own mustache! This is a genuinely interesting, and arguably important, book about resource conservation, but I have to force myself to listen while trying to ignore the choppy un-nuanced narration. I would pay extra for another copy of this book read by a more dynamic narrator, it doesn't even need to be George Guidell! I have gotten into the habit of being hesitant to buy audiobooks if they are read by the author (this is more of a problem for American authors than British for some reason). This book would not have been purchased, after I listened to the preview, if it were by an author of less renown than Mr. Kurlansky. Do yourself a favor and buy the print copy.

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Great mystery, atrocious narration

Revisado: 05-04-21

This is a great story. The narration is very very very bad. I forced myself to listen because the story was intriguing. I may listen to the next book because it is by a different narrator. I may get the Kindle for the other series by these authors so I can avoid the terrible narrator.

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Entertaining & informative

Revisado: 03-13-21

Roy has a great radio presence & has interesting guests. Anybody interested in aquariums will enjoy this podcast

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Terrible narrator, book might be great otherwise

Revisado: 09-16-17

The most stilted narrator ever! Can't be improved by increasing playback speed to 1.25x. Very disappointing since I really like owls and natural history books in general.

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Could have been passable

Revisado: 04-13-16

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

People who don't mind awful narration and forced gonzo journalism.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Diction and pronunciation were terrible. Not a professional narrator at all! The Southern accent could have been an asset for the setting of the book if the narrator had been a professional.

Any additional comments?

This could have potentially been a good non-fiction natural/social history like Kurlansky's oyster and cod books. Such a work would have been very beneficial to the cause of alligator gar conservation. It could have been a great fishing/outdoor book too. Unfortunately the author felt the need to attempt to emulate Hunter Thompson at random intervals throughout the narrative. This nonsense combined with the atrocious narration was a total deal-breaker. I only listened to the whole thing without returning it because gar are so interesting and I was hoping the book could be salvaged. I was wrong.

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