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Examines the wave of shark attacks along the New Jersey coast in July, 1916, that left four swimmers dead and a fifth seriously injured, and speculates on the number and type of sharks involved in the attacks.
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Fernicola's research became the basis for two popular television documentaries on the 1916 attacks. In July 1916, he recounts, the US was entangled in World War I, New York City writhed in the throes of a deadly polio epidemic, and people from three states sought relief from the summer heat at the Jersey Shore. In 12 days, one or more sharks had fatally mauled four swimmers and nearly killed another. Newspapers blared the sensation above news of the war. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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