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The fictional town of "Amity Island" in the book "Jaws" is a composite of several south shore Suffolk County seaside communities. "Amity Island" is mainly based on Amagansett, but the book uses other several communities to make the composite, such as Amityville, Fire Island, and Sayville.
Amagansett comes from the exploits of Captain Frank Mundus who caught many large sharks off the coast of Suffolk County, Long Island. Amityville was used because, since the village in the book was fictional, Peter Benchley could not call it Amagansett, so he had to use the name of the only other south shore seaside village that started with an A. Fire Island is the island with no bridge to it that provided the "island' part. But what about the place across the bay that people came to the island from by ferry? That place is based on Sayville. The communities on Fire Island that are known by the world are the ones in the middle, such as Cherry Grove, the Pines, and of the course the Sunken Forest National Park. Almost every book written about Fire Island were about those area, and it is the area of Fire Island that people travel to go to. That is why Sayville was selected by Benchley for part of the composite.
Peter Benchley spoke in an interview about the exploits of Captain Frank Mandus, who he was made into Captain Quint in the book. Off the coast of Amagansett Mundus caught a huge Shark. Later, in the same general area he caught a shark that was 4500 pounds. What impressed Benchley and inspired the book was Mandus caught a huge shark in relatively shallow water, within sight of bathers. An interesting fact is that early in the 20th century the then world's largest shark was brought into Sayville after being caught, and hung up on a dock in the village.
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Author Peter Benchley |
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The book "Jaws" was set in a composite south shore Suffolk County beach community. |
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Ferry going to Fire Island, where the "island" in "Amity Island" came from. |
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Scene from the movie "Jaws." filmed in Martha's Vineyard. Unlike the book which specified Suffolk, it was described as a generic New England town. Suffolk County, unlike the rest of New York is part of New England. |
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tuna. Bait shops in the Sayville, Oakdale, Town of Islip, and Bayport area.
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engines. Various sized anchors available. Coast Guard approved courses, always
bring plenty of gas and life preservers. Boat accidents and boat sinking in the
area. Shark attack recently, person killed and eaten by a shark. Navy submarine
fights 68 foot shark and a sea monster in a spring at the Sunken Forest. Lake
and ponds, river and streams with plenty of big fish. The biggest fish caught
was 18 feet. When the stomach was opened, a dwarf fell out. Sayville charter
boats available for fishing trips. History of whaling, whales, whalers and other
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McClane's fishing encyclopedia will provide
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include rainbow and brown trout. In the bay and open ocean, the Atlantic, we
guarantee you will catch snapper bluefish, the endangered banded sunfish,
American eel, yellow perch, largemouth bass, alewife, brown bullhead ( catfish
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red fin. In the bay, there is blackfish, bluefish, codfish, flounder, fluke,
stripped bass, tuna, and weakfish. We provide minnows for bait. Gay and Lesbian
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Seals in the Great South Bay. Poaching is common in the area, conservation
officers are everywhere. Local fisheries programs. Tide and tides tables.Fishing rods and reels. Boat and ship repairs, sales and rentals.
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may be buried on Long Island.
Captain William Kidd's arrest, gold and other treasure worth
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When there was a warrant for his arrest, he traveled to Oyster
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