The Sea Around Us

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Pub Date Mar 29 2011 | Archive Date Jun 10 2013

Description

Rachel Carson's National Book Award-winning classic effortlessly mingles detailed fieldwork and inspiring prose to reveal a deep understanding of the earth's most precious, mysterious resource--the ocean.

With more than one million copies sold, Rachel Carson's The Sea Around Us became a cultural phenomenon when first published in 1951 and cemented Carson's status as the preeminent natural history writer of her time. Her inspiring, intimate writing plumbs the depths of an enigmatic world-a place of hidden lands, islands newly risen from the earth's crust, fish that pour through the water, and the unyielding, epic battle for survival.

Firmly based in the scientific discoveries of the time, The Sea Around Us masterfully presents Carson's commitment to a healthy planet and a fully realized sense of wonder.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Rachel Carson including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.

Award-winning author Rachel Carson (1907-1964) was one of the greatest American natural history writers of the twentieth century. In addition to the environmental classic Silent Spring, her books include Under the Sea Wind, The Edge of the Sea, and The Sea Around Us, which has sold more than one million copies, been translated into twenty-eight languages, and won the National Book Award and John Burroughs Award.

Rachel Carson's National Book Award-winning classic effortlessly mingles detailed fieldwork and inspiring prose to reveal a deep understanding of the earth's most precious, mysterious...


Advance Praise

"[Carson has] a rare gift for transmuting scientific fact into lucid, lyrical language."-Time

"Her book remains fresh, in part because of her ability to convey scientific insight in vivid poetic language-but, perhaps more important, because what she has to say is still so relevant today." -Scientific American

"As stimulating as a breeze from the oceans about which she writes; an invigorating and exciting book." -Boston Herald

"[Carson has] a rare gift for transmuting scientific fact into lucid, lyrical language."-Time

"Her book remains fresh, in part because of her ability to convey scientific insight in vivid poetic...


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