description: Describes how, in the summer of 1916, a lone great white shark 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.
language: English
title: Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence
titlecomplete: Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence
genres: Maritime, Nature, History, Science, American History, Historical, Adult, Nonfiction, Animals, Microhistory
ratings_count: 6161
publisher: G K Hall & Co