When a shark began prowling the New Jersey coastline in the summer of 1916, the summer before United States entered World War I, those summering there in the idyllic hideaway of the nation's elite had cause for alarm. This study draws a portrait of this early assault on the Gilded Age--when a seemingly invulnerable leisure class saw early signs of ...
Pulitzer Prize nominee Capuzzo brilliantly recreates the summer of 1916, when a rogue great white shark attacked swimmers along the New Jersey shore, triggering mass hysteria and launching the most extensive shark hunt in history.
As the idle rich thronged the palatial hotels of the Jersey Shore in the summer of 1916, America was at its most self-confident. But the world's first industrial superpower was about to receive a series of terrifying shocks. Sharks, it was believed, were simply not man-eaters, so when a lone Great White shark, driven inshore by freak climatic ...
The only complete guide to the #1 dog in America, the mutt--including heartwarming personal stories--from the #1 expert on dog training and care, Brian Kilcommons, author of Good Owners, Great Dogs and Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer Michael Capuzzo. Photos.
Whether it has fur, feathers, scales, or skin--here's the book that bares it all. Based on his nationally syndicated, award-winning humor column, Mike Capuzzo's Wild Things takes readers on informative (and irreverent) safari through the wild kingdom--revealing the hidden lives of dogs, cats, and other creatures, including people.
In this captivating and heartwarming book, America's premier pet columnist, Michael Capuzzo, shares astonishing true tales celebrating the unique and unbreakable relationship between people and their cats. Drawn from history and literature as well as from cat lovers--both famous and not so famous-- from all walks of life all over the world, here ...
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