TY  - BOOK
AU  - Medina,Nico
AU  - Foley,Tim
TI  - What were the Shark Attacks of 1916?
T2  - What was?
SN  - 9780593521588
PY  - 2024///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Workshop
KW  - Shark attacks
KW  - New Jersey
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Seashore
KW  - Sharks
KW  - Territoriality
KW  - Animal attacks
KW  - Informational works
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Creative nonfiction
KW  - Illustrated works
N1  - "An official Who HQ book"; Includes bibliographical references (page 108); 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -