What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916?

What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916? - Paperback

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What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916? - Paperback

What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916? - Paperback

by Nico Medina , Who Hq
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The panic-filled summer of 1916, when multiple deadly shark attacks shocked the nation, is chronicled in this gripping addition to the New York Times Best-Selling What Was? series.

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 off 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." In this illustrated book, which features 16 pages of black-and-white photographs, readers will learn about the likely culprit (or culprits) in the attacks--the great white shark and the bull shark--and how the bloody summer of 1916 would change how people viewed sharks forever.
ISBN9780593521588
Author Nico Medina , Who Hq
PublisherPenguin Workshop
GenreChildren, History, and Education
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2024
LanguageENG- English
Pages112
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids
Print SizeStandard Print

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