Shark attacks of New York : a history / Patricia & Robert Heyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heyer, Patricia, author.

Heyer, Robert (Biologist), author.

Series:

Disaster

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shark attacks--New York (State)--History.

Shark attacks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2021.

Summary:

New Yorks crowded beaches can come to halt with the shout of a single word: shark! The shores of Long Island and Staten Island and the waters surrounding Manhattan have had more than thirty shark attacks recorded since the days of New Amsterdam. Legend has it that Antony Van Corlear, Peter Stuyvesants trusted deputy, was killed by a shark crossing Spuyten Duyvil Creek while blowing his famed trumpet. In the summer of 1916, after a series of bloody encounters along the Jersey Shore, sharks terrorized beachgoers of Sheepshead Bay, frightening the entire region. Two incidents on Fire Island in 2018 within mere hours and miles of each other involved a twelve-year-old and a thirteen-year-old, striking fear in the hearts of parents. Authors Patricia and Robert Heyer chart the history of New Yorks shark attacks.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

1. 1642-1858

1642: Manhattan, NYSAF# 01

September 1805: Sag Harbor, Long Island, NYSAF# 02

August 29, 1858: Prince's Bay, Staten Island, NYSAF# 03

August 31, 1858: Prince's Bay, Staten Island, NYSAF# 04

2. 1860-1878

August 1, 1860: East River, Brooklyn, NYSAF# 05

August 12, 1864: Manhattan, NYSAF# 06

September 2, 1865: Southold, Long Island, NYSAF# 07

August 1, 1871: East End of Long Island, NYSAF# 08

July 15, 1874: Coney Island, NYSAF# 09

August 8, 1878: Gowanus Bay / East River, Brooklyn, NYSAF# 10-11

3. 1880-1909

July 25, 1880: The Narrows, NYSAF# 12

August 18, 1884: Jamaica Bay, Queens, NYSAF# 13

August 1, 1888: Offshore, Southern Brooklyn, NYSAF# 14

August 21, 1894: East River / Woolsey Point, Long Island City, NYSAF# 15

August 22, 1898: Prince's Bay, Staten Island, NYSAF# 16

July 24, 1909: Off Rockaway Beach, Long Island, NYSAF# 17

4. 1916-1941

July 13, 1916: Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NYSAF# 18

July 13, 1916: Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NYSAF# 19

July 14, 1920: Freeport, Long Island, NYSAF# 20

July 1, 1931: Gull Pond, Long Island, NYSAF# 31

June 15, 1941: Jones Inlet, Long Island, NYSAF# 21

August 21, 1941: Montauk, Long Island, NYSAF# 22

5. 1950-1964

June 25, 1950: Rockaway Beach, Queens, NYSAF# 23

September 3, 1953: Rockaway Beach, Queens, NYSAF# 24

September 1, 1958: Staten Island, NYSAF# 25

September 2, 1959: Oak Beach, Long Island, NYSAF# 26

July 29, 1961: Oyster Bay, Long Island, NYSAF# 27

June 28, 1964: Offshore Long Island, NYSAF# 28

6. 2007-2018

January 7, 2007: Smith Point, Long Island, NYSAF# 29

July 3, 2010: South of Shinnecock Inlet, Long Island, NYSAF# 30

July 18, 2018: Fire Island, Long Island: Atlantique Beach,.

Fire Island, NYSAF# 32 and Sailors Haven Beach,

Fire Island, NYSAF# 33

The New York Shark Attack File, by Robert J. Heyer

New York Attacks by Location

Bibliography

Additional New York Bibliography

About the Authors.

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781439673218

1439673217

OCLC:

1265465349