Close to Shore

Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence is a non-fiction book by journalist Michael Capuzzo about the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916. The book was published in 2001 by Broadway Books.

Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence

First edition cover
Author	Michael Capuzzo
Language	English
Subject	Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 History of New Jersey
Publisher	Broadway Books
Publication date	2001
Publication place	United States
Media type	Hardback Paperback
Pages	317
ISBN	0-7679-0413-3 (hardback)
OCLC	46565150
Dewey Decimal	597.3/1566 21
LC Class	QL638.93 .C36 2001

According to a reviewer writing for the New Yorker, it is an "adventure classic".^[1] The factual content and backgrounds were based on Richard Fernicola's In Search of the Jersey Man-Eater (1987).^[2]

An adapted version, Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916, was published in 2003, aimed at a middle-school audience, with fewer biographical background of the victims.^[3] There are photos and news clippings not in the original.^[4] Capuzzo's description of the shark's behaviour verges on being anthropomorphic.^[5]