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and incredulity that the attacks unleashed. Capuzzo's book is a portrait of the shark as much as of an era, and deserves a place among the adventure classics.”

—The New Yorker

A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2001 by Broadway Books

CLOSE TO SHORE. Copyright © 2001 by Michael Capuzzo. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. For information, address Broadway Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.

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First trade paperback edition published 2002.

Map by Laura Hartman Maestro

Title page photo courtesy of John Bailey Lloyd.

The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:

Capuzzo, Mike. Close to shore : the terrifying shark attacks of 1916/Michael Capuzzo.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ). 1. Shark attacks. 2. Shark attacks—New Jersey—History. I. Title. QL638.93 .C36 2001 597.3'1566—dc21 2001025750

eISBN: 978-0-7679-1254-9

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