CLOSE TO SHORE

CLOSE TO SHORE
Michael Capuzzo
Date Began – January 30th
Date Finished – February 2nd
Rating – B Date Published - 2001
Genre Nonfiction
# of Pages 317
Where did the book come from: Recent purchase
Reason for reading the book: I had read something about this book several years ago and then when I found it at a used book store decided to go ahead and get it. The book is an account of the shark attacks on the New Jersey shore in 1916. It’s a very detailed account, putting into over 300 pages what might be better served with a article-sized piece rather than an entire book, but it was interesting, particularly the last 1/3rd when this shark actually swam up a creek at high tide on a hot summer day attacking unsuspecting swimmers. The author had done his research and there was a lot of interesting information here about shark behavior.