In July 1916 a lone Great White left its usual deep-ocean habitat and headed in the direction of the New Jersey shoreline. There, near the towns of Beach Haven and Spring Lake—and, incredibly, a farming community eleven miles inland—the most ferocious and unpredictable of predators began a deadly rampage: the first shark attacks on swimmers in U.S. history.
Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Michael Capuzzo’s Close to Shore recreates the panic of that summer and the most extensive shark hunt in history.
role: Researcher publisher:Broadway Books publication date: Spring 2001 category:History
