Before Shark Week and 'Jaws,' World War II spawned America's shark obsession
- Written by Janet M. Davis, University Distinguished Teaching Professor of American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
A painting for the U.S. Army's Stars and Stripes newspaper shows a downed pilot fending off sharks with a knife.Ed Vebell/Getty ImagesEvery summer on the Discovery Channel, “Shark Week” inundates its eager audiences with spectacular documentary footage of sharks hunting, feeding and leaping.
Debuting in 1988, the television event was...
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