Shark Attacks
Over 250 Terrifying True Accounts of Shark Attacks Worldwide
2nd Edition
Published on 29. May 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-84119-683-1 (ISBN)
Description
Since 1990 there have been more than 350 shark attacks worldwide - 40 of which were fatal...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. - FLORIDA, 2000 A 69-year-old jumps off his backyard dock for his evening swim, into the mouth of a bull shark - his wife hears him die - NEW SOUTH WALES, 2002 A shark boat skipper slits open the belly of a 800 lb tiger shark - out rolls a human head, pelvis and arm - TUSCANY, 1989 A professional diver is devoured by a 20-foot Mediterranean great white - fragments of flesh are recovered
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
col. Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 130 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84119-683-1 (9781841196831)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
05/2001
Constable
€41.07
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Person
Alex MacCormick is the author of The Mammoth Book of Man Eaters, and is based in London.