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Published in 1951, The Sea Around Us is one of the most remarkably successful books ever written about the natural world. Rachel Carson's rare ability to combine scientific insight with moving, poetic prose catapaulted her book to first place on The New York Times best-seller list, where it... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- North Atlantic
- Pacific
- Europe
- Greenland
- Gulf Stream
- Iceland
- Africa
- United States Navy
- California
- North America
- South America
- Spitsbergen
- Alaska
- North Sea
- Japan
- Asia
- South Atlantic
- Atlantic Ridge
- Humboldt
- Indian Ocean
- Australia
- Norway
- Gulf Of Mexico
- New England
- Florida
- Bermuda
- Sargasso
- West Indies
- Tahiti
- Trieste
- Antarctica
- Hawaii
- France
- Washington
- Ireland
- Dead Sea
- Galapagos Islands
- Newfoundland
- Gibraltar
- Russia
- Bay Of Fundy
- Canada
First Sentence edit
Beginnings are apt to be shadowy, and so it is with the beginnings of that great mother of life, the sea.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Rachel Carson (Author)
Awards edit
- National Book Award (1952: Nonfiction, Winner)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 551.46
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