Close to Shore
Book by Michael Capuzzo
Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence is a non-fiction book by journalist Michael Capuzzo about the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916. The book was published in 2001 by Broadway Books.
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Originally published: May 8, 2001
Author: Michael Capuzzo
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"Close to Shore" is a detailed, scientific, sociological look at society in 1916 with the added bonus of the focus on reactions to shark attacks. Capuzzo gives ...
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Michael Capuzzo's book is the real-life saga of how the people of the Jersey Shore struggled to deal with this new, unfathomable horror, as well as the story of ...
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Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence is a non-fiction book by journalist Michael Capuzzo about the Jersey Shore shark attacks of ...
Close to Shore serves as an in-depth chronicle of the summer of 1916, when a great white shark famously held the entire area in a state of terror. The attacks ...
plus, this particular shark is breaking all the rules - leaving the ocean to swim through some freshwater tributary to mangle some kids swimming in their local ...
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Nov 12, 2023 · In Close to Shore, Michael Capuzzo takes readers on a thrilling journey back to the summer of 1916 when terror struck the Jersey Shore.
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Close to Shore is about The Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916. I'm sure most of you are familiar with the story. A shark (or sharks) attacked five people ...
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Beginning July 1, 1916, a spate of shark attacks off the Jersey shore befuddled maritime experts and terrified the public. In the first incident, ...
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Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shore brilliantly re-creates the summer of 1916, when a rogue Great ...
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Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative,Close to Shorebrilliantly re-creates the summer of 1916, when a rogue Great White ...