After serving as a highly decorated Lieutenant in the US Army, serving in Vietnam from 1966-69, he returned to Long Island and got a degree in Political Science and History from Hofstra University. Nelson DeMille was born in New York City and grew up in Long Island. It’s worth buying the 2005 reprint in hardcover to read all the bonus material and see the photos from the Jaws Movie Set!.I remember thinking at the time, Lord! What would happen if one of those monsters came into a resort community and wouldn’t go away. In 1964, I read an item in a newspaper about a fisherman who harpooned a 4,500-pound great white shark off Long Island.

From the introduction by Peter Benchley to the 30th Anniversary Edition: “.

a fine story told with style, class, and a splendid feeling for suspense.” - Chicago Sun-Times

“Pure engrossment from the very opening.

It isn’t a tale for the faint of heart.” - The Philadelphia Inquirer You’d better steel yourself for this one. story grabs you at once.” - The New York Times Book Review

“A tightly written, tautly paced study of terror makes us tingle.” - The Washington Post.

OK – It’s about a very big shark terrorizing Montauk. Jaws by Peter Benchley (Ballantine Books 1974) But who knew that a story about a fish would become one of the biggest phenomenons in the world?

All these experiences helped him hone his skills. Earlier in his career, he worked for the Washington Post, Newsweek Magazine and as a speechwriter for Lyndon B. But who doesn’t like the guilty pleasure of reading trash sometimes? Especially on vacation at the Beach!Ī writer, adventurer and conservationist, Peter Benchley has used the acclaim of ‘Jaws’ to alert the world to the growing danger to sharks, sea turtles, other sea creatures, and to the ocean itself. Some of these books are riveting, some sublime, and some downright trashy. Now let’s take a look at some of the copious contemporary fiction written in, around, and about the Hamptons. Previously we have explored Bookstores of the Hamptons, Non-Fiction Books, Photographers, Architects, Biographies, Magazines & Newspapers, and a smattering of history, authors and books which I find compelling.

Further Lane by James Brady