Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 - Softcover

"A remarkable read . . . a flash photo of the moment when our fascination with sharks transformed from awe into mortal dread."
--Entertainment Weekly

"The most perfect beach book ever. Better than Jaws-an amazing story, terrific writing, and the Gilded Age setting is fascinating. I loved it."
--Linda Marotta, Shakespeare & Company, New York City

"Popular history meets popular science in this thrilling shark story. As in Seabiscuit, the author interweaves social history with a suspenseful story told from different characters' points of view, including that most fascinating character of all: the shark itself."
--Arsen Kashkashian, Boulder Book Store, Boulder, Colorado

"This riveting book skillfully combines historical fact with shark science and lore. A first-rate thriller that's all the more spine-tingling because it really happened."
--Anne Edkins, Vroman's Bookstore, Pasadena, California

"A riveting account of the terrorizing shark attacks [of 1916]. Meticulously researched, it provides fascinating information about the history of the great white shark as well as a social commentary of America during World War I. Informative, entertaining, enthralling."
--Tova Beiser, Brown University Bookstore, Providence, Rhode Island

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.