What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916?

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.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Workshop
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	What Was?
Release date:	April 2024
Authors:	Nico Medina • Who Hq
Illustrators:	Tim Foley
Dimensions:	194 x 135mm (L x W)
Pages:	112
ISBN-13:	978-0-593-52158-8
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	0-593-52158-7
Barcode:	9780593521588

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