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What were the Shark Attacks of 1916? / by Nico Medina ; illustrated by Tim Foley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: What was--? | Who HQ NOWPublisher: New York : Penguin Workshop, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Description: 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593521588
  • 0593521587
  • 9780593521595
  • 0593521595
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916? -- Apex Predator -- Summer at the Shore -- The First Attack -- The $500 Bet -- The Second Attack -- Hysteria -- Matawan Creek Massacre -- War on Sharks -- Caught! -- Understanding Sharks -- Timelines.
Summary: "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 at 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction New 597.3156 M491 Available 33111011469810
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction New 597.3156 M491 Available 33111011351182
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction New 597.3156 M491 Checked out 06/29/2024 33111011159668
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

"An official Who HQ book"

Includes bibliographical references (page 108).

"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 at 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"-- Provided by publisher.

What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916? -- Apex Predator -- Summer at the Shore -- The First Attack -- The $500 Bet -- The Second Attack -- Hysteria -- Matawan Creek Massacre -- War on Sharks -- Caught! -- Understanding Sharks -- Timelines.

Ages 8-12 Penguin Workshop.

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