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Shark Attacks: Terrifying True Accounts Of Shark Attacks Worldwide (Mass Market Paperback)

by Alex MacCormick (Author) "Popular belief has it that British sharks are harmless..." (more)
Key Phrases: shark experts, same shark, white pointer, The Times, Coast Guard, Hong Kong (more...)
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More horrifying than Jaws-- because it's true!

Since 1990 there have been 283 shark attacks worldwide-- 40 of which were fatal...In the past 15 years, reports of shark attacks have substantially increased...Over half the attacks occur in water no deeper than five feet...

Believe it or not, shark attacks are still a very real threat to humans. These unspeakably bloody encounters happen in shallow water, in "safe" areas, to people just like you-- people who thought it could never happen to them.

HONG KONG, 1995: A forty-five-year-old woman swimming in shallow water with fifty other people has one leg and one arm ripped off by the shark-- she dies before reaching the hospital.

CALIFORNIA, 1993: A man snorkeling with friends is swallowed headfirst halfway down his body-- luckily, the shark spits him back out with only bite wounds.

AUSTRALIA, 1993: A professional diver and mother of five is literally torn in half in front of her horrified family by a fifteen-foot great white shark.

HAWAII, 1991: Two vacationing friends out for a swim suddenly see a shark "the size of a car" swim by. After one of the women begins thrashing in panic, the shark attacks and kills her-- her body is later recovered with several limbs missing.

Read on for more blood-chilling accounts of people who fell prey to...SHARK ATTACKS.

Includes horrifying photos!


About the Author
Alex MacCormick is the author of The Mammoth Book of Man Eaters, and is based in London. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 241 pages
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (July 15, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312966180
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312966188
  • Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #356,079 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A VERY DISTURBING READ, July 30, 2001
A great book for shark fans like myself. There is not really any info on sharks but on there victems. A truly frighting read for you here the victems words of "let me die" or "help, shark." Just to let you know the book is not a novel but newspaper summeries. Still its a great read on the terror of shark attack victems.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars great book featuring great whites, December 9, 1999
A good fast reading book. Lots of details of the attacks. Any one who likes skarks should read this book.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Only a newspapers info summary, September 5, 1999
By efigallo@fate.com.ar (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - See all my reviews
I expected a more comments-supported summary of shark attacks all over the world. It is not included the famous attack on Albert Kogler, San Francisco, 1959. Only a collection of newspaper notes.
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4.0 out of 5 stars scary stories
The section on Acapulco was particularly interesting. If you check on the Internet, you won't really find any information which indicates that shark attacks do occur there... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Lincoln

3.0 out of 5 stars Be aware!
I read this book with great interest since I was going to Hawaii to snorkel. All main geographical areas where shark attacks occur are covered from South Africa to Hawaii. Read more
Published on October 2, 2005 by Rick D. Moore

5.0 out of 5 stars SO interesting!!!
I love this book. It is really a bunch of newspaper articles on shark attacks with a little background information on each one. Read more
Published on July 16, 2005 by a reader

1.0 out of 5 stars Could have been educational. Sensationalist slander
This back, like many others of its kind, does very little to examine the animals themselves. Peter Benchley himself said he could never write Jaws today, and yet people still... Read more
Published on December 5, 2004

2.0 out of 5 stars Cut to the Chase
This book reads quickly. It's a collection of newspaper articles. Although I was hoping the book would talk more about the size and behavior of the attacking sharks, the wording... Read more
Published on July 16, 2003 by Lauren M Smith

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best book about this subject matter
although i am sure Mr. MacCormick went through a painstaking research period to compile the stories for this book, it adds up to only sensationalize on the darker side of the... Read more
Published on January 13, 2000 by sean timmins

3.0 out of 5 stars omiited shark attack May, 1956 S.F. USA - Beverly Jo - ?
I was disappointed, because the shark attack on a girl named Beverly Jo was omitted. The attack occured in the latter part of May, 1956 off of the coast of San Fransciso. Read more
Published on May 16, 1999

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