{"product_id":"what-were-the-shark-attacks-of-1916","title":"What Were the Shark Attacks of 1916?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe panic-filled summer of 1916, when multiple deadly shark attacks shocked the nation, is chronicled in this gripping addition to the New York Times Best-Selling What Was? series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe panic-filled summer of 1916, when multiple deadly shark attacks shocked the nation, is chronicled in this gripping addition to the New York Times Best-Selling What Was? series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn July 1, 1916, witnesses watched in horror as twenty-eight-year-old Charles Vansant was attacked and killed by a shark in shallow water off Beach Haven, New Jersey-the first recorded shark attack in American history. Scientists claimed a shark could not be responsible, but more deadly attacks soon followed along the Jersey Shore and up the freshwater Matawan Creek, setting off a nationwide panic that led the White House to declare a \"War on Sharks.\" In this illustrated book, which features 16 pages of black-and-white photographs, readers will learn about the likely culprit (or culprits) in the attacks-the great white shark and the bull shark-and how the bloody summer of 1916 would change how people viewed sharks forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nico Medina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47545607815421,"sku":"9780593521588","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0472\/7069\/0970\/files\/9780593521588.jpg?v=1779038710","url":"https:\/\/www.thepaintedporch.com\/products\/what-were-the-shark-attacks-of-1916","provider":"The Painted Porch Bookshop ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}