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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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- 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.
Table of Contents edit
I. Mother Sea
The Gray Beginnings
The Pattern Of The Surface
The Changing Year
The Sunless Sea
Hidden Lands
The Long Snowfall
The Birth Of An Island
The Shape Of Ancient Seas
II. The Restless Sea
Wind And Water
Wind, Sun, And The Spinning Of The Earth
The Moving Tides
III. Man And The Sea About Him
The Global Thermostat
Wealth From The Salt Seas
The Encircling Sea
Suggestions For Further Reading
A Biography Of Rachel Carson
Acknowledgments
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- Rachel Carson (Author)
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Page Count: 274
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- National Book Award (1952: Nonfiction, Winner)
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- Dewey: 551.46
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