Jaws by Peter Benchley

It's out there in the water...waiting. Nature's most fearsome predator. The seaside community of Amity is at its mercy. A small-town police chief, a marine biologist, and a modern-day Ahab must try to stop it. But they are only three men...alone against the Great White Death.

The Jaws syndication in all it's many formats has inspired generations and generated fear against a greatly misunderstood creature.

Benchley was very sorry he wrote this book, or at least the repercussions it and the movie had on the public perception of sharks. He has spent the past few years being a spokesperson for conservation of these amazing animals.

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