{"product_id":"what-were-the-shark-attacks-of-1916","title":"What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916?","description":"\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 \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.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0593521587\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780593521588\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Medina, Nico, Who Hq, Foley, Tim\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Workshop\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Workshop","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Apr 2024)","offer_id":46079997149381,"sku":"9780593521588","price":7.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780593521588.jpg?v=1776033489","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/what-were-the-shark-attacks-of-1916","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}