{"product_id":"9780988110618","title":"Death Match: The Twentieth Century Gladiator","description":"Product Description\u003cbr\u003eDedication\u003cp\u003e\"This book is dedicated to Michael Sayers, my friend, a great literary Maestro, who trained me, and rigorously shaped my writing of this book and its Motion Picture Screen Play into this present form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA deep thank you.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Death Match' is based on a true story experienced by the author,\u003cbr\u003ewho in 1976 accepted a\u003cbr\u003eOne Million Dollar wager for a fight to the death with a Great White Shark using only a knife.\u003cbr\u003eIt was to be held in an underwater iron cage in Samoa, with closed-circuit TV, broadcast live to the US, Russia \u0026amp; Japan via satellite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story made front page headlines: New York Magazine\u003cbr\u003eApril 5, 1976\u003cbr\u003e\"Man Vs Shark: MILLION DOLLAR Death Match in Samoa\u003cbr\u003e[Sponsored by Sargent Productions Hollywood].\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe real match never happened.\u003cbr\u003eIt was canceled at the very last minute by the world famous oceanographer Jacques Cousteau.\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of what might have happened. The knife on the front cover, IS the actual knife I would have used for the fight.\u003cbr\u003eBuckle up your seat belts!!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Geoffrey Mann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50050699329776,"sku":"9780988110618","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780988110618_p0.jpg?v=1784737839","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780988110618","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}