Silent came the monster : a novel of the 1916 Jersey Shore shark attack
(Book)

"'Sharks are as timid as rabbits,' says a superintendent of the Coast Guard, dismissing the possibility that a shark could be the culprit in an unprecedented fatal attack at the Jersey Shore. It's July, and swimming in the sea is a popular new pastime, but people up and down the East Coast are shocked and mystified by the swimmer's death. A prominent surgeon at the shore, Dr. Edwin Halsey is the one who examines the victim, and the only one who believes the perpetrator was a shark--and that it will strike again"--,Provided by publisher.