A review by amysteid
Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo

4.0

Wow....beautifully written (if overdramatized & wordy) book about the real story that Jaws was based on. I read it on vacation and definitely did not want to go in the water! I got back and logged on to Yahoo news and there were 2 beaches near Martha's Vineyard over the weekend that had to be cleared because people had spotted a great white shark...exactly like in this story from 1916. I loved the way the author immersed you in the time / culture / beliefs that people would have held then.