Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence
by Capuzzo, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0767904133
- ISBN 13
- 9780767904131
- Seller
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Lake Elsinore, California, United States
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About This Item
Broadway. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0767904133 . First printing. Some soil on the text block edge and minor edge wear. In clear removable protective cover. When ocean swimming was just becoming popular and luxurious Jersey Shore resorts were thriving as a chic playland for an opulent yet still innocent era's new leisure class, Americans were abruptly introduced to the terror of sharks, the first in U.S. history. Michael Capuzzo is an award winning journalist. ; 9.3 X 6.5 X 1.2 inches; 336 pages .
Synopsis
Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize four times and a National Magazine Award finalist, Michael Capuzzo has been a feature writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Miami Herald . His stories have also appeared in Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Life , and Reader's Digest . He lives with his wife and two children in rural New Jersey.
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- Bookseller
- E Ridge fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8858
- Title
- Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence
- Author
- Capuzzo, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0767904133
- ISBN 13
- 9780767904131
- Publisher
- Broadway
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Ocean Life, SHARKS, SHARK Attacks, Non-Fiction U.S. History, New Jersey History, WWI
- Bookseller catalogs
- States: Northeast;
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