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| Author | Michael Capuzzo |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 History of New Jersey |
| Publisher | Broadway Books |
Publication date | 2001 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardback Paperback |
| Pages | 317 |
| ISBN | 0-7679-0413-3 (hardback) |
| OCLC | 46565150 |
| 597.3/1566 21 | |
| LC Class | QL638.93 .C36 2001 |
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.
According to a reviewer writing for the New Yorker, it is an "adventure classic". [1] The factual content and backgrounds were based on Richard Fernicola's In Search of the Jersey Man-Eater (1987). [2]
An adapted version, Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916, was published in 2003, aimed at a middle-school audience, with fewer biographical background of the victims. [3] There are photos and news clippings not in the original. [4] Capuzzo's description of the shark's behaviour verges on being anthropomorphic. [5]
