{"product_id":"what-were-the-shark-attacks-of-1916-paperback","title":"What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNico Medina\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWho Hq\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTim Foley\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe panic-filled summer of 1916, when multiple deadly shark attacks shocked the nation, is chronicled in this gripping addition to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBest-Selling What Was? series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNico Medina\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than a dozen books in the Who HQ series, including \u003ci\u003eWhat Was World War I?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWho Was Jacques Cousteau?\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhere Is the Great Barrier Reef?\u003c\/i\u003e He spent many of his childhood summer days in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, the \"Shark Bite Capital of the World,\" where \u003ci\u003eJaws \u003c\/i\u003ealways seemed to be playing on TV.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.8 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748793352480,"sku":"9780593521588","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a81ed184740d7e954d5d6fb3970b0db1_eaa47c45-1a65-43f7-9c7d-7d0ce626d287.webp?v=1779916315","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/what-were-the-shark-attacks-of-1916-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}