Comparing and contrasting “JAWS” by Universal with the novel “JAWS” by Peter Benchley.

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Bibliography:

Print

Benchley, Peter. Jaws. Doubleday, 1974.

Film

Jaws. Directed by Steven Spielberg, performances by Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss, Universal Pictures, 1975.

Internet

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https://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150813-why-great-white-sharks-are-such-good-hunters

Capuzzo, Michael. “Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence.” MichaelCapuzzo.com.
https://www.michaelcapuzzo.com/close-to-shore

Cox, Jeffrey. “The Shark Attacks That Changed America.” BBC, July 20, 2016.
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36778145

Florida Museum of Natural History. “International Shark Attack File (ISAF).” Florida Museum / University of Florida.
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/

History.com Editors. “Shark Attacks of 1916.” History.com, August 21, 2018.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/shark-attacks-of-1916

Loftus, Johnny. “The True Story That Inspired Jaws.” Grunge, May 6, 2021.
https://www.grunge.com/267570/the-true-story-that-inspired-jaws/

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https://www.marinebio.org/creatures/sharks/

McClelland, Edward. “When a Shark Terrorized New Jersey.” The American Scholar, Summer 2020.
https://theamericanscholar.org/when-a-shark-terrorized-new-jersey/

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/how-one-shark-terrorized-the-jersey-shore-in-1916

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https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/sharks

New York Times Archives. “Shark Caught Off Jersey Coast Found With Human Remains.” The New York Times, July 15, 1916.
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https://oceana.org/marine-life/sharks/

Save Our Seas Foundation. “The Real Jaws: Understanding Great White Shark Behavior.” SaveOurSeas.com.
https://saveourseas.com/world-of-sharks/understanding-sharks/great-white-shark/

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https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/sharks-rays/shark-week-real-story-behind-1916-shark-attacks

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https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79667/jaws/#notes

Winton, Molly V., et al. “An Overview of Shark Feeding Behavior.” Sharks of the Open Ocean, Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444302516 (Access may require subscription)