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by Rachel Carson
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For the centennial of the birth of Silent Spring author Rachel Carson, a new edition of her groundbreaking paean to the sea
Celebrating the mystery and beauty of birds and sea creatures in their natural habitat, Under the Sea-Wind-Rachel Carson's first book and her personal favorite-is the early masterwork of one of America's greatest nature writers. Evoking the special mystery and beauty of the shore and the open sea-its limitless vistas and twilight depths-Carson's astonishingly intimate, unforgettable portrait captures the delicate negotiations of an ingeniously calibrated ecology.
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- Title Under the Sea-Wind
- Author Rachel Carson
- Binding Papeback
- Edition New
- Condition New
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books , New York
- Date pp. 336
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6667326
- ISBN 9780143104964 / 0143104969
- Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 7.68 x 5.14 x 0.52 in (19.51 x 13.06 x 1.32 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Marine biology - Atlantic Ocean
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006050707
- Dewey Decimal Code 578.773
Summary
Celebrating the mystery and beauty of birds and sea creatures in their natural habitat, Under the Sea-Wind—Rachel Carson’s first book and her personal favorite—is the early masterwork of one of America’s greatest nature writers. Evoking the special mystery and beauty of the shore and the open sea—its limitless vistas and twilight depths—Carson’s astonishingly intimate, unforgettable portrait captures the delicate negotiations of an ingeniously calibrated ecology.
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The island lay in shadows only a little deeper than those that were swiftly stealing across the sound from the east.
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Citations
- Library Journal, 05/01/2007, Page 115