Tales of Tahitian Waters

By: Zane Grey

Narrated by: Robert G. Slade

This book describes Zane Grey's hair-raising tales of fishing in shark-infested Pacific waters.

Tales of Tahitian Waters describes Grey's fishing expeditions to the Tahitian Islands during 1928, 1929, and 1930, in which he claims to be the first big-game fisherman to fish these waters.

He came to this area after having passed nearby on his other fishing trips. Hearing accounts of there being marlin that were 30 feet long and sharks that measured 50 feet in length, he became determined to pursue these fish and add to his many fishing records. It was here where he describes catching a marlin weighing 1,040 pounds, and the catch was recorded as the first 1,000-pound fish ever caught.

In Tales of Tahitian Waters, Grey says that these were the most difficult waters he had ever fished. Yet he claims a special affection for these waters, and he visited them numerous times afterward.

©2019 Zane Grey (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Narration

Good content in this book is completely erased by the narration. The dictation of the narrator makes it hard to even understand what is being said. His inflection is completely off. I don’t understand how these narrators get these jobs.

Really good book

I enjoyed the book the narrator not so much I had to adjust speed to fix it. That’s how I get to where I could listen to it and enjoy it