{"product_id":"rachel-carson-the-sea-trilogy-loa-352-under-the-sea-wind-the-sea-around-us-the-edge-of-the-sea-hardcover","title":"Rachel Carson: The Sea Trilogy (Loa #352): Under the Sea-Wind \/ The Sea Around Us \/ The Edge of the Sea - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachel Carson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSandra Steingraber\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson explores the wonders of the Earth's oceans in these classics of American science and nature writing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRachel Carson is perhaps most famous as the author of \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e, but she was first and foremost a \"poet of the sea\" and the three books collected in this deluxe Library of America volume are classics of American science and nature writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnder the Sea-Wind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1941), Carson's lyrical debut, offers an intimate account of maritime ecology through the eyes of three of the ocean's denizens, the individual lives of sanderling, mackerel, and eel dramatically intertwined in the enduring ebb and flow of the tides. \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sea Around Us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1951)--a winner of the National Book Award--draws on a wealth of oceanographic, meteorological, biological, and historical research to present its subject on a grand, biospheric scale, revealing not only many mysteries of the still-unfathomed depths, but a reverence for the sea as a source of global climate and of life itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConcluding Carson's \"sea trilogy,\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Edge of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(1955) explores the habits of the many small creatures that live on shorelines and in tidepools accessible to any beachcomber: part identification guide, part hymn to ecological complexity, it is a book that conveys the \"sense of wonder\" in nature for which Carson is justly celebrated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt a moment when overfishing, pollution, and global warming are causing catastrophic changes to marine environments worldwide, Carson's lyrically detailed accounts of these environments offer a timely reminder of their beauty, fragility, and immense consequence for human life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Carson\u003c\/b\u003e (1907-1964) was born on a family farm near Springdale, Pennsylvania. She earned a master's in zoology at Johns Hopkins before taking a job with the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries. She published \u003ci\u003eUnder the Sea-Wind\u003c\/i\u003e (1941), \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Around Us\u003c\/i\u003e (1951, winner of the National Book Award), and \u003ci\u003eThe Edge of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e (1955). \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e (1962), her exposé of the disastrous ecological effects of pesticide use, was an international bestseller. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA research biologist and cancer survivor, \u003cb\u003eSandra Steingraber\u003c\/b\u003e was inspired to activism by Rachel Carson's \u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e, becoming one of America's leading environmental writers and antipollution advocates. Her books include \u003ci\u003eLiving Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment \u003c\/i\u003e(1997), \u003ci\u003eHaving Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), and \u003ci\u003eRaising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e (2011).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 768\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 7.98 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 21, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43511232069691,"sku":"9781598537055","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2274\/9755\/files\/UUNOZGdBTlBLalUyb2lZTTZTMmhYQT09.webp?v=1778698921","url":"https:\/\/bookshopclassics.shop\/products\/rachel-carson-the-sea-trilogy-loa-352-under-the-sea-wind-the-sea-around-us-the-edge-of-the-sea-hardcover","provider":"Bookshop Classics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}