Michael Capuzzo (Author of Close to Shore)

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Michael Capuzzo

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Michael Capuzzo is a syndicated animal columnist and author of "Wild Things". Formerly a feature writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Miami Herald, Capuzzo has written for Esquire, Life, and Sports Illustrated. His numerous awards include the National Headliner Award and his animal stories have been honored by the ASPCA and American Humane Association. He lives in Wenonah, New Jersey.

A four-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, his recent bestseller, "Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence", tells the blood-curdling truth about the deranged great white shark that became the prototype for the villian of Peter Benchley's "Jaws". ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 11,480 ratings · 1,643 reviews · 18 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 3.87 avg rating — 6,738 ratings — published 2001 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases 3.64 avg rating — 4,652 ratings — published 2008 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cat Caught My Heart: Purrfect Tales of Wisdom, Hope, and Love 4.22 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Best Friends: Wagging Tales to Warm the Heart 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild Things liked it 3.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Winona Makes Waves! by Michael Capuzzo, Style Guide (Illustrator), Style Guide Art (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nos meilleurs amis - Histoires fr茅tillantes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Murder Room by Michael Capuzzo (2011-02-24) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vtg Michael Capuzzo / Murder RoomThe Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather Signed 1st 2010 [Hardcover] Capuzzo, Michael 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Exactly what the great white eats in an emergency is a mystery ichthyologists solved by the late twentieth century after decades of investigation: whatever it wishes.”
― Michael Capuzzo, Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916

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“It used to be that people had character; now houses have character and people have personality. That”
― Michael Capuzzo, The Murder Room: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases

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“The fish appeared gray and white and moved with the precision and trajectory of an enormous bullet, a shot somehow fired in slow motion through the medium of the sea, moving with a purity and suppleness that were eerily beautiful.”
― Michael Capuzzo, Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916

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Vote for the August group read in the 1900-1940 category.

Song of the Lark by Willa Cather (1915)

13 votes, 44.8%

The Edwardians by Vita Sackville-West (1920)

7 votes, 24.1%

The Devil Rides Out by Dennis Wheatley (1934)

5 votes, 17.2%

Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo (2002 - non-fiction concerned directly with the period 1900-1940)

4 votes, 13.8%

29 total votes

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