What were the Shark Attacks of 1916?
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Penguin Workshop,
New York :
[2024]
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About
"On July 1, 1916, witnesses watched in horror as twenty-three-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"--
Details
- ISBN: 0593521595
- ISBN: 9780593521595
- Physical Description: print
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Workshop, [2024]
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
- Formatted Contents Note: What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916? -- Apex Predator -- Summer at the Shore -- The First Attack -- The $500 Bet -- The Second Attack -- Hysteria -- Matawan Creek Massacre -- War on Sharks -- Caught! -- Understanding Sharks -- Timelines.
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Target Audience Note:
Ages 8-12 Penguin Workshop