| Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence | |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Release Date: | 2001 |
| Pages: | 317 |
| Isbn: | 0-7679-0413-3 |
| Isbn Note: | (hardback) |
| Dewey: | 597.3/1566 21 |
| Congress: | QL638.93 .C36 2001 |
| Oclc: | 46565150 |
Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence is a non-fiction book by journalist Michael Capuzzo about the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916. The book was published in 2001 by Broadway Books.
According to a reviewer writing for the New Yorker, it is an "adventure classic".[1] The factual content and backgrounds were based on Richard Fernicola's In Search of the Jersey Man-Eater (1987).[2]
An adapted version, Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916, was published in 2003, aimed at a middle-school audience, with fewer biographical background of the victims.[3] There are photos and news clippings not in the original.[4] Capuzzo's description of the shark's behaviour verges on being anthropomorphic.[5]