Rachel Carson (1907 - 1964) spent most of her professional life as a marine biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. By the late 1950s, she had written three lyrical, popular books about the sea, including the best-selling The Sea Around Us, and had become the most respected science writer in America. She completed Silent Spring against formidable personal odds, and with it shaped a powerful social movement that has altered the course of history.
Sue Hubbell is the author of, among other works, A Country Year and A Book of Bees, which was selected as a New York Times Notable Book. She lives in Maine and Washington, D.C.
"The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place." A book to be read for pleasure as well as a practical identification guide, The Edge of the Sea introduces a world of teeming life where the sea meets the land. A new generation of readers is discovering why Rachel Carson's books have become cornerstones of the environmental and conservation movements. New introduction by Sue Hubbell. (A Mariner Reissue)
浩瀚无际的海洋总是给人们以神秘的印象,而一些与大海有关的文学作品则把这种神秘感推向了极致。但是在美国博物学作家蕾切尔·卡森女士的笔下,大海却被还原成了它本来的样貌:这是一个孕育生命、带来奇迹的领域。如果没有海洋,就不会有地球上的这些生物。而作为“海洋三部...
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