DR. HAROLD W. McCORMICK 



is at the moment Assistant Administrative Director to the Board of Edu- 

 cation, City of New York. A veteran in the field of education, he is also 

 a life-long sailor and fisherman, who has amassed a fantastic private 

 library on various aspects of the sea. He has devoted more than eight 

 years of research to this book alone. Dr. and Mrs. McCormick live cur- 

 rently in Manhattan. 



THOMAS BENTON ALLEN 



is a newspaperman of distinction. Formerly with the Bridgeport Herald, 

 of Bridgeport, Connecticut, he was also on the Sunday staflF of the 

 New York Daily News. His keen reporter's eye and flair for descriptive 

 writing have made an immense contribution to the many and strange 

 items of information encompassed in this volume. He lives in Bethesda, 

 Maryland, and is on the staff of The National Geographic magazine. 

 Mr. Allen is also the author of The Quest: A Report on Extraterrestrial 

 Life, published by Chilton. 



CAPTAIN WILLIAM EDWARD YOUNG 



was the doyen of living shark fishermen. (He passed away just as this 

 book was going to press.) He hunted sharks, rays and skates in almost 

 every ocean of the world for over sixty years. His immense knowledge, 

 all first-hand, was the central edifice of Shadows in the Sea. 



