{"product_id":"what-were-the-shark-attacks-of-1916-9780593521588","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nico Medina, Who Hq\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Workshop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.50w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593521588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e554792 \/ What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Workshop","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43769249202291,"sku":"9.78059E+12","price":8.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_17a18d66-b41e-4bf6-a21f-7177f1db7dd2.jpg?v=1757073075","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/what-were-the-shark-attacks-of-1916-9780593521588","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}