The Edge of the Sea

Rachel Carson, Sue Hubbell

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998 - Nature - 276 pages

"The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place." A book to be read for pleasure as well as a practical identification guide, The Edge of the Sea introduces a world of teeming life where the sea meets the land. A new generation of readers is discovering why Rachel Carson's books have become cornerstones of the environmental and conservation movements. New introduction by Sue Hubbell. (A Mariner Reissue)

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THE EDGE OF THE SEA

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The Sea Around Us and Under the Sea-Wind introduced Rachel Carson to a reading public eager to welcome a scientist who wrote like a poet. This poetic quality is again dominant in this interpretation ...

Contents

• The Marginal World I: 1
• Patterns of Shore Life: 9
• The Rocky Shores: 39
• The Rim of Sand: 125
• The Enduring Sea: 249
• Index: 271

About the author

Rachel Carson (1907-1964) spent most of her professional life as a marine biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. By the late 1950s, she had written three lyrical, popular books about the sea, including the best-selling The Sea Around Us, and had become the most respected science writer in America. She completed Silent Spring against formidable personal odds, and with it shaped a powerful social movement that has altered the course of history. Sue Hubbell was the author of eight books, including A Country Year and New York Times Notable Book A Book of Bees . She wrote for the New Yorker, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Smithsonian, and Time, and was a frequent contributor to the Hers" column of the New York Times .

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Edge of the Sea; A Mariner Book
• Authors: Rachel Carson, Sue Hubbell
• Contributor: Sue Hubbell
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998
• ISBN: 0395924960, 9780395924969
• Length: 276 pages
• Subjects: Nature / Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Nature / Essays; Science / Life Sciences / Ecology