Close to shore : the terrifying shark attacks of 1916 /

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by Capuzzo, Mike.
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Published by : Broadway Books, (New York :) Physical details: xvi, 317 p. : map ; 21 cm. Subject(s): Shark attacks. | Shark attacks --New Jersey --History. Year : 2001 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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Queen Charlotte Intermediate School Creative NF 597.3 CAP Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-317).

Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shore brilliantly re-creates the summer of 1916, when a rogue Great White shark attacked swimmers along the New Jersey shore, triggering mass hysteria and launching the most extensive shark hunt in history.