The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks (35 page)
Authors: Susan Casey
Susan Casey is the development editor of Time Inc., where she was previously an editor at large, as well as the editor of Sports Illus trated Women. She also served as the creative director of Outside magazine, which during her tenure won three consecutive, history-making National Magazine Awards for General Excellence. Her writing has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Esquire, Time, and For tune. A native of Toronto, she lives in New York City.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Casey, Susan, 1962–
The devil’s teeth: a true story of obsession and survival among America’s great white sharks / Susan Casey.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN: 978-1-4668-0051-9
1. White shark—California—Farallon Islands—Anecdotes. I. Casey, Susan, 1962–II. Title.
QL638.95.L3C37 2005
597.3'3'09794—dc22
2004060782
Originally published in hardcover in 2005 by Henry Holt
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Looking west toward the South Farallon Islands, known to nineteenth-century sailors as the “Devil’s Teeth.”
SUSAN CASEY
The Farallones’ sole inhabitable building, a 120-year-old, weather-beaten house.
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The cart path, with resident gulls.
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Peter Pyle, with Great Arch in the background.
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Scot Anderson on
Just Imagine
.
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The Shark Shack at East Landing, home to various surfboards and decoys, including the ill-fated Buoyhead Bob.
SUSAN CASEY
Nothing is easy here: Peter launching the whaler, with the help of the East Landing crane. Due to the sharp rocks and cliffs that form the shoreline, there are no docking facilities at the Farallones.
SUSAN CASEY
The Dinner Plate sees some action from a shark named Bluntnose.
PETER PYLE
A shark roils the surface during an attack. People who encounter a great white shark at the surface are often stunned by the animal’s girth, which can measure eight feet.
PETER PYLE