Twelve Days of Terror : A Definitive Investigation of the 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks,9781585742974

Twelve Days of Terror : A Definitive Investigation of the 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks

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ISBN13: 9781585742974
ISBN10: 158574297X
Format: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 2001-04-01
Publisher(s): Lyons Press
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Summary

In July 1916, a time of record-setting heat and a raging polio epidemic, beachgoers along the New Jersey shore confronted a greater terror still: lurking in the water swam a shark, or perhaps several sharks, that had apparently developed a taste for human flesh. Within less than two weeks, the offending fish killed four swimmers and badly injured another, setting off a wave of panic that kept visitors well out of the water and threatened the state's thriving tourist economy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xv
Beach Haven: July 1
1(12)
Spring Lake: July 6
13(20)
Matawan: July 12
33(34)
In the Wake of the Terror
67(30)
When the Sea Tiger Attacks
97(42)
Science Stalks the Phanton
139(40)
The New Generation of Shark Hunters
179(20)
The Wounds Tell a Tale
199(30)
Explaining the Inexplicable
229(30)
Just Beneath the Surface
259(20)
Closing the Case, for Now
279(26)
Species of Sharks and Their Characteristics 305(4)
Timeline of Terror 309(4)
Bibliography 313(8)
Index 321

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