PioneeringenvironmentalistRachelCarsonexploresthewondersoftheEarth’soceansintheseclassicsofAmericanscienceandnaturewriting.RachelCarsonisperhapsmostfamousastheauthorofSilentSpring,butshewasfirstandforemosta“poetofthesea“andthethreebookscollectedinthisdeluxeLibraryofAmericavolumeareclassicsofAmericanscienceandnaturewriting.UndertheSea-Wind(1941),Carson’slyricaldebut,offersanintimateaccountofmaritimeecologythroughtheeyesofthreeoftheocean’sdenizens,theindividuallivesofsanderling,mackerel,andeeldramaticallyintertwinedintheenduringebbandflowofthetides.TheSeaAroundUs(1951)--awinneroftheNationalBookAward--drawsonawealthofoceanographic,meteorological,biological,andhistoricalresearchtopresentitssubjectonagrand,biosphericscale,revealingnotonlymanymysteriesofthestill-unfathomeddepths,butareverencefortheseaasasourceofglobalclimateandoflifeitself.ConcludingCarson’s“seatrilogy,“TheEdgeoftheSea(1955)exploresthehabitsofthemanysmallcreaturesthatliveonshorelinesandintidepoolsaccessibletoanybeachcomber:partidentificationguide,parthymntoecologicalcomplexity,itisabookthatconveysthe“senseofwonder“innatureforwhichCarsonisjustlycelebrated.Atamomentwhenoverfishing,pollution,andglobalwarmingarecausingcatastrophicchangestomarineenvironmentsworldwide,Carson’slyricallydetailedaccountsoftheseenvironmentsofferatimelyreminderoftheirbeauty,fragility,andimmenseconsequenceforhumanlife.
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