What were the Shark Attacks of 1916?
"On July 1, 1916, witnesses watched in horror as twenty-eight-year-old Charles Vansant was attacked and killed by a shark in shallow water at Beach Haven, New Jersey--the first recorded shark attack in American history. Scientists claimed a shark could not be responsible, but more deadly attacks soo...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Penguin Workshop,
2024.
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| Summary: | "On July 1, 1916, witnesses watched in horror as twenty-eight-year-old Charles Vansant was attacked and killed by a shark in shallow water at Beach Haven, New Jersey--the first recorded shark attack in American history. Scientists claimed a shark could not be responsible, but more deadly attacks soon followed along the Jersey Shore and up the freshwater Matawan Creek, setting off a nationwide panic that led the White House to declare a war on sharks"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm. |
| Audience: | Ages 8-12 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 108). |
| ISBN: | 9780593521588 0593521587 9780593521595 0593521595 |
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