Under the Sea-Wind (Penguin Classics)
by Rachel Carson
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Author: Rachel CarsonIntroduction: Linda Lear
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2007-04-03
ISBN: 0143104969
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: A day in the natural seaside habitat
Summary: 4 Stars
In this, her first book, pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson takes specific types of animals and gives them enough personality and character to tell a story about them, as they go about a normal part of a day in their natural seaside habitat. Each of the chapters takes a look at a part of the land-meets-ocean ecosystem to depict wildlife interaction in a way that reflects actual settings and animal behavior.
Written in a present tense, moment by moment style that is engaging, the prose seems effortless. Carson is undoubtedly an expert when it comes to the flora and fauna of the kinds of outer banks islands along the Atlantic Coast of the United States, and most of the readers who have vacationed anywhere from New Jersey to Florida will recognize many of the species she depicts. The narrative style allows Carson to inform as well as entertain her readers, with many fascinating facts about the birds, fish and other wildlife.
I read this book while on one of the North Carolina islands, and found it fitting that the shore birds I enjoyed watching in flight or along the beach were portrayed in such detail. Yet, for me, there was a bit too much of "and the next moment, animal A ate animal B, and then at once, animal A was eaten by animal C". After the first three chapters of this sort of thing, I became a bit tired of the relentless repetition of the survival of the fittest approach Carson takes throughout the book.
"Under the Sea Wind" received very good reviews in its first edition, but it sold poorly. After Carson's "The Sea Around Us" (1951) succeeded, "Under the Sea-Wind" was republished and gained a larger readership.
Rachel Louise Carson was born near Springdale, Pennsylvania, on May 27, 1907 and lived until April 14, 1964. She was a marine biologist and nature writer, whose books were instrumental in advancing global environmental awareness. Her best known book is "Silent Spring".
Summary of Under the Sea-Wind (Penguin Classics)
For the centennial of the birth of Silent Spring author Rachel Carson, a new edition of her groundbreaking paean to the seaCelebrating 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 ecology.
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