Shark Attacks: Terrifying True Accounts Of Shark Attacks Worldwide
- ISBN-10
- 0312966180
- ISBN-13
- 9780312966188
- Series
- Shark Attacks
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 241
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998-07-15
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Alex MacCormick
Description
Based on the first-hand accounts of survivors from all over the world and including a horrifying photo insert, a collection of stories from witnesses and victims reveals their terrifying encounters with the sea's deadly sharks. Original.
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- 2015-09-08
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