Title |
Close to shore : : the terrifying shark attacks of 1916
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Names |
Capuzzo, Mike.
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Book Number |
BR015277
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Braille
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Download Link |
Volume 1.
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Annotation |
Documents the first known shark attacks on humans in the United States. Recounts how several bathers in New Jersey were devoured by a great white shark in July 1916, spreading terror to the shore's vacation retreats. Also describes efforts to find and kill the predator. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2003.
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Local Subject |
History, United States - HUS
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Juvenile Book - JU
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History - HST
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Juvenile Non-Fiction - JN
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Young Adult Book - YA
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Short Book - SH
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Sciences - SCI
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Young Adult Non-Fiction - YN
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Disaster - DSR
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Young Adult Interest - YAI
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Braille Book Review, Jan-Feb 2005 - B105
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Audience Notes |
For grades 6-9.
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LC Subject |
Sharks - Juvenile literature
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Shark attacks - New Jersey - History - Juvenile literature
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Call Number |
j597.31566 JNF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2003
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2003 (CPH, transcribing agency. CPH, distributor.)
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Original Publication |
Transcription of: 1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, 2003.
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