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Title: Close to Shore : The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo ISBN: 0-7679-0414-1 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 21 May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.13 (31 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Where's the Shark?
Comment: Yes, there is a rogue great white shark featured in this nonfiction account of an adolsescent great white that apparently went crazy and attacked bathers and swimmers off the East Coast during the summer of 1916, but you have to read a lot of padding in this book, long expository segments on man vs. nature, the industrial revolution, the drum beats of World War I, back stories of people who were directly and indirectly in contact with the shark. The writing is excellent, but the book seems at least twice as long as at it would have been had the author focused on the shark attacks. It seems so many books are in reality essays that literary agents and publishers inflate into books. If you don't want all the peripheral information, what I'm calling padding, you may be disappointed. In the end, though, I have to give the book four stars because the prose style is sharp and the author recreates the harrowing shark attack scenes with lucid clarity and suspense.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good read, but neads a proofread and fact check
Comment: This book is primarily a period piece about the summer of 1916. Details such as what was happening in science, baseball, social mores, etc. paint a spectacular portrait of American life at this time. Historical people, from scientists, doctors, and hotel owners to tailors and basket makers are examined and we see how they lived their day-to-day existence in that summer of '16. Meanwhile, of course, people are being attacked by a shark off the coast of New Jersey.
As a breakdown, I'd say 40% of this book is the portrait of life
story, and 40% is about the reactions of the people to the shark attacks. Probably 15% is a conjecture on the particular path the shark took along the coast, along with its primeval motivations as to why it was doing what it was doing. Only about 5% actually showcase the attacks, but it's a very effective 5%.
The book is a very entertaining read, although some vocabulary and cultural references are just thrown out as if to show off how much research the author did. A dictionary was handy, and I've read a LOT. The other problem is the editing/proofreading. There were at least three occasions I could think of where contradictory information was presented ON THE SAME PAGE. For instance, the governor of New Jersey is called "Tom" and "Jim" on the same page. And, at one point, the nostrils of the shark are said to be below the mouth, which is incorrect. Minor annoyances, but inexcusable in a historical work.
So, I give this 3-1/2 stars, upped to 4 due to the fact that it's a good read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Sign of Jonah
Comment: This book documents one of the signs of Jonah Jesus talked about that signals the end of the world. It may have been a Great White that Swallowed Jonah. The Bible says it was a great fish. In Capuzzos book the shark swam in a counter clockwise circle like a swastica, signifying "against nature", like the counter clockwise dance of witches. The attacks occured in 5 places like a pentagram over Monmouth county.
As German U-boats prowled the atlantic this shark was eating people. It was an omen concerning the rise of German militarism and the end times for the Jews. The final holocaust is almost here. All who do not recieve the mark of the beast, Jew and Gentile, will be on death marches. Thousands already have the mark of the beast voluntarilly. One more bad terrorist attack and I believe it will be mandatory. Those who decline will be persecuted. There is not much time for the Jews to exscape. We gentiles will need the grace to be martyrs. The ferry boat crashing into white hall, Lacy Peterson, the 250 pound harp seal, the dolphins in the shrewsbury river, it is all the sign of Jonah. Now is the time to get close to G-d, or you will end up burning in the lake of fire.
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Title: Twelve Days of Terror: A Definitive Investigation of the 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks by Richard G. Fernicola ISBN: 158574297X Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Shark Attacks : Terrifying True Accounts Of Shark Attacks Worldwide by Alex MacCormick ISBN: 0312966180 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: An American Plague : The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy ISBN: 0395776082 Publisher: Clarion Books Pub. Date: 23 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Shark Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance by Thomas B. Allen ISBN: 1585741744 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The River Between Us by Richard Peck ISBN: 0803727356 Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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