Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916
- ISBN-10
- 0767904141
- ISBN-13
- 9780767904148
- Series
- Close to Shore
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-05-01
- Publisher
- Broadway
- Author
- Michael Capuzzo
Description
Describes how, in the summer of 1916, a lone great white shark headed for the New Jersey shoreline and a farming community eleven miles inland, attacking five people and igniting the most extensive shark hunt in history.
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