Close to Shore combines rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, that re-creates the summer of 1916 when a series of shark attacks in New Jersey shore triggered mass hysteria and launched an extensive shark hunt.

Capuzzo interweaves a vivid portrait of the era and characters with chilling accounts of the five shark attacks and the frenzied hunt that ensued. From the unnerving inevitability of the first attack on the esteemed son of a prosperous Philadelphia physician to the spine-tingling moment when a farm boy swimming in Matawan Creek feels the sandpaper-like skin of the passing shark, Close to Shore is an undeniably gripping saga.

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