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Michael Capuzzo and
Len Cariou (narrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Bantam Audio
Publication date
May 1, 2001
Binding
Cassette/Spoken Word
Edition
Abridged
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780553527698
ISBN-10
055352769X
Dimensions
1.25 by 4.25 by 7 in.
Weight
0.40 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$25.95
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A nonfiction historical thriller about the summer of 1916, when 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.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Four cassettes, 6 hrs.
Read by Len Cariou
Four deaths. One maiming. One shark. . .
In mesmerizing detail, journalist Michael Capuzzoâs CLOSE TO SHORE recounts the dramatic true story of a series of shark attacks that occurred along the New Jersey shore in July 1916 â resulting in the largest shark hunt in history, and the end of Americansâ naivete about the dangers of the sea. Anchored by harrowing and graphic recreations of a rogue Great White Sharkâs attacks on five swimmers in two beach towns âas well as in a farming community eleven miles inland â the narrative examines the behavior of the oceanâs greatest predator and the lives and worldview of pre-World War I Americans. The novelistic narrative evokes both the chilling specter of sharks and the rich historical backdrop of Gilded Age America, an era when Americans were just beginning to swim in the ocean, and the Jersey shore, thanks to the railroads, was coming into its own as a playground for Americaâs new leisure class. Woven throughout is the theme of how these shark attacks metaphorically marked the end of an "innocent" ag
e in America when a ship was considered unsinkable and a shark, experts believed, hadn't the jaw strength to hurt a man.
Based on in-depth archival research into accounts of the attacks from 1916 newspapers and science journals and existing interviews with victimsâ relatives as well as research and reporting on the social and cultural currents of the era and on what we have learned about sharks in the intervening decades, CLOSE TO SHORE paints vivid portraits of individuals ranging from tourists, local citizens and shore developers to scientists, shark experts and hunters. Capuzzo intersperses the spellbinding narrative with fascinating insights on shark behavior and on the evolving human-shark relationship, incorporating tales of shark attacks that occurred elsewhere and at other times to create a timeless account of our relationship with manâs last natural predator.
Read by Len Cariou
Four deaths. One maiming. One shark. . .
In mesmerizing detail, journalist Michael Capuzzoâs CLOSE TO SHORE recounts the dramatic true story of a series of shark attacks that occurred along the New Jersey shore in July 1916 â resulting in the largest shark hunt in history, and the end of Americansâ naivete about the dangers of the sea. Anchored by harrowing and graphic recreations of a rogue Great White Sharkâs attacks on five swimmers in two beach towns âas well as in a farming community eleven miles inland â the narrative examines the behavior of the oceanâs greatest predator and the lives and worldview of pre-World War I Americans. The novelistic narrative evokes both the chilling specter of sharks and the rich historical backdrop of Gilded Age America, an era when Americans were just beginning to swim in the ocean, and the Jersey shore, thanks to the railroads, was coming into its own as a playground for Americaâs new leisure class. Woven throughout is the theme of how these shark attacks metaphorically marked the end of an "innocent" ag
e in America when a ship was considered unsinkable and a shark, experts believed, hadn't the jaw strength to hurt a man.
Based on in-depth archival research into accounts of the attacks from 1916 newspapers and science journals and existing interviews with victimsâ relatives as well as research and reporting on the social and cultural currents of the era and on what we have learned about sharks in the intervening decades, CLOSE TO SHORE paints vivid portraits of individuals ranging from tourists, local citizens and shore developers to scientists, shark experts and hunters. Capuzzo intersperses the spellbinding narrative with fascinating insights on shark behavior and on the evolving human-shark relationship, incorporating tales of shark attacks that occurred elsewhere and at other times to create a timeless account of our relationship with manâs last natural predator.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from G K Hall & Co (November 1, 2001)
9780783895932 | details & prices | 389 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.55 lbs | List price $28.95
About: 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.
About: 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.
1 edition from Broadway Books (May 1, 2001)
9780767904131 | details & prices | 317 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $24.95
About: 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.
About: 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.
CD/Spoken Word
With Len Cariou (other contributor) |
Abridged edition from Bantam Audio (May 1, 2001)
9780553712032 | details & prices | 5.75 × 5.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $29.95
About: 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.
About: 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.
Cassette/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
With Len Cariou (other contributor) |
Abridged edition from Bantam Audio (May 1, 2001)
9780553527698 | details & prices | 4.25 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $25.95
About: 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.
About: 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.
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