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Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916

Paperback • 2002 • English

Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916

By Michael Capuzzo

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About the book

A nonfiction historical thriller about the summer of 1916 describes how a lone great white shark left its usual deep ocean habitat and 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. Reprint.

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ISBN

9780767904148

Publisher

Broadway Books

Published year

2002

Language

English

Original title

Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916

Format

Paperback

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