About this title: Rachel Carson's 1941 classic of nature writing is an adventure story in which Carson tracks a pair of sanderlings, a mackerel, and an eel along the Northeastern Atlantic coast, revealing not only the habits of these species but the mysteries of the ocean.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: The New American Library
Date Published: 1955
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, light shelf wear to cover, light slant to book, light aging, stk #2521o8. 157 p. Includes illustrations. read more
Description: Acceptable. Paperback, Mentor, Stated First Printing, 1955, cover has wear with a 2" tear to bottom of spine, plastic is coming off of front cover, text is clean but very tanned, bottom of spine is loose, ships within 24 hr. sku Q 4. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Mentor/New American Library, New York, N.Y.
Date Published: 1955
Description: Good- G-mass market paperback, minor shelf wear to cover edges, split in spine, mylar laminate loose on cover edges, pages yellowed, text tight and clean, good reading copy. read more
Description: Good. Signet P2239; 1962; edge wear; 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 ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New American Library
Date Published: 1956
Description: Good. -2nd Printing--157 pgs. Interior-Normal signs of aging w/ cracking. The paperback cover has light signs of aging. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Binding: Mass market pb
Publisher: Signet, New York
Date Published: c1941
Description: Good. No dust jacket, as issued. Unknown printing. Illustrated by. 157 p. ; 18 cm. Signet Science Library. American Museum of Natural History Special Member's Edition. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Signet
Date Published: 1955
ISBN-13:9780451022394ISBN:0451022394
Description: A good reading copy only. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. -, Mass Market PaperBack, Good / read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 3rd Printing
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Mentor Book
Date Published: 1960
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. SM TB: light wear, corner creases, some page edge brittle/tiny tears and creased. 157 p. Includes illustrations. read more
"This is Rachel Carson's first book (1941), and her personal favorite. In it she tells charming nature stories, poetically spoken yet full of scientific fact about ocean animals and the interrelatedness of life in ocean, estuary, and river. The characters are often individual mackerel, arctic owls, eels, etc. that are seen in the context of their entire ecosystem (a word originally coined by Carson). She looks at the changes in this ecosystem throughout seasons and lifecycles, from the viewpoint of her animal characters. She often names these characters based upon parts of their scientific names.
The action takes place from North Carolina to Maine, on the Eastern US seaboard and in its associated watersheds. This book will especially appeal to anyone who has spent time near these waters. With sensitively rendered and scientifically correct illustrations by Bob Hines, this book is suitable for reading to children. However, I think it is even more useful as adult bedtime reading for those who enjoy dreaming of the vastness of the ocean and the variety of life therein."
"I read this with my summer reading group, and really liked her ability to elucidate what went (/goes? one of our questions was how much ocean ecology has changed since 1941, when Simon and Schuster initially published this) on in and directly peripheral to the ocean while still preserving, to my mind, a sense of mystery about it. The subject is fascinating, and the writing is a model for public scientists."
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