The Edge of the Sea

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998 - Nature - 276 pages
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"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 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 ... Read full review

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Contents

The Marginal World
1
Patterns of Shore Life
9
11L The Rocky Shores
39
The Rim of Sand
125
The Coral Coast
191
The Enduring Sea 749
249
Index 171
271
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The Edge of the Sea
Rachel Carson
Limited preview - 1998

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About the author (1998)


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 .

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TitleThe Edge of the Sea
A Mariner Book
AuthorsRachel Carson, Sue Hubbell
ContributorSue Hubbell
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998
ISBN0395924960, 9780395924969
Length276 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Nature / Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas
Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection
Nature / Essays
Science / Life Sciences / Ecology
  
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