{"product_id":"close-to-shore-a-true-story-of-terror-in-an-age-of-innocence","title":"Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eClose to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMichael Capuzzo\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780767904131\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBroadway\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2001\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003e Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eCombining 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. \u003cbr\u003eDuring the summer before the United States entered World War I, when ocean swimming was just becoming popular and luxurious Jersey Shore resorts were thriving as a chic playland for an opulent yet still innocent era's new leisure class, Americans were abruptly introduced to the terror of sharks. 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. \u003cbr\u003eFor Americans celebrating an astoundingly prosperous epoch much like our own, fueled by the wizardry of revolutionary inventions, the arrival of this violent predator symbolized the limits of mankind's power against nature. \u003cbr\u003eInterweaving a vivid portrait of the era and meticulously drawn characters with chilling accounts of the shark's five attacks and the frenzied hunt that ensued, Michael Capuzzo has created a nonfiction historical thriller with the texture of Ragtime\" \"and the tension of Jaws. From the unnerving inevitability of the first attack on the esteemed son of a prosperous Philadelphia physician to the spine-tingling moment when a farm boy swimming in Matawan Creek feels the sandpaper-like skin of the passing shark, Close to Shore\"\"is an undeniably gripping saga. \u003cbr\u003eHeightening the drama are stories of the resulting panic in the citizenry, press and politicians, and of colorful personalities such as Herman Oelrichs, a flamboyant millionaire who made a bet that a shark was no match for a man (and set out to prov\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Broadway","offers":[{"title":"Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence | Michael Capuzzo | Hardcover | 9780767904131 | Used: Very Good | American History 1373637","offer_id":48864233848984,"sku":"1373637","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51m88rYfrzL.jpg?v=1775848107","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/close-to-shore-a-true-story-of-terror-in-an-age-of-innocence","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}