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Under the sea-wind / Rachel Carson.

Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 (Author).

Summary:

Rachel Carson, pioneering environmentalist and author of Silent Spring, opens our eyes to the wonders of the natural world in her groundbreaking paean to the sea. 2016 marks the 75th Anniversary of the publication of Under the Sea- Wind. 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.

Record details

ISBN: 0143104969
ISBN: 9780143104964
Physical Description: xx, 184 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: United States : Simon and Schuster, 1941.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Under the sea-wind -- Flood tide -- Spring flight -- Arctic rendezvous -- Summer's end -- Winds blowing seaward -- The gull's way -- Migrants of the spring sea -- birth of a mackerel -- Hunters of the plankton -- The harbor -- Seaways -- Indian summer of the sea -- Seine haul -- River and sea -- Journey to the sea -- Winter haven -- Return -- Glossary.