The Sea Around Us
(New York): The New American Library, (1954).
Price: $20.00
Softcover. First Mentor Book edition. 169pp. Mass market paperback. Illustrated by Katherine L. Howe. Pages lightly age-toned, wrappers with some wear, very good. The Sea Around Us was both the winner of the 1952 National Book Award for nonfiction and a Burroughs Medal for nature writing. A film version was released in 1953, which won the 1953 Oscar for Best Documentary. A Mentor Book, M100.
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Rachel Carson
birth name: Rachel Carson
born: 5/27/1907
died: 4/14/1964
Biography
Scientist whose writings, particularly her landmark book Silent Spring, are credited with launching the global environmentalist movement.more