{"product_id":"what-were-shark-attacks-1916-9780593521588-new","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"PENGUIN WORKSHOP","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":67780227465506,"sku":"9780593521588-new","price":11.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780593521588.jpg?v=1794452310","url":"https:\/\/www.albakireads.com\/products\/what-were-shark-attacks-1916-9780593521588-new","provider":"AlbakiReads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}