A review by crowyhead
Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence by Michael Capuzzo

4.0

A fascinating study of a series of shark attacks that occurred off the Jersey Shore in 1916. There's enough action and tension in this narrative to satisfy fans of "Jaws," but Capuzzo's book is almost more interesting for his thorough description of the social mores of the time -- swimming and sunbathing on beaches was quite a new fad. I also found it interesting because of the location; one of the victims lived in a house in Philadelphia not four blocks from where I live now. My only wish is that there had been pictures included in the text; several times he mentions newspaper photos and such that it would have been nice to have reproduced in the book.