I have not been this disappointed in any purchase in a while. However, I must say that I was so excited to learn about white sharks in Alaska, that I didn't notice the caveat 'self-published' for the Lulu site, which would have lowered my expectations somewhat.

The reason that the author could put 'Alaska' in the title of the book is because there have been a small, scattered number of sightings of white sharks in Alaska. The distribution of sightings revealed in this 'publication', does further the purported range of white shark's to the northwest past what the shark research committee has reported, with sightings reported in this pub from Kodiak, Cook Inlet, and near Cordova. So I spent my money to learn of 3 new locations of white shark sightings.

There is also a bit of general information about the ecology and biology of the sharks in this pub, little of it specific to Alaska. There is also some modelling of the potential effects of shark removal on marine ecosystems. This last inclusion is really odd. Who does the author think the reader is going to be? The contrast between this ecological modelling and the publications inane cartoons is a bit confusing.

It took me longer to review this purchase than it did to download (and subsequently delete) it.