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Sea Around Us

Sea Around Us

Rachel Carson's "Sea Around Us" explores ocean origins, life evolution, and volcanic islands in a natural history trilogy.

About Sea Around Us

Rachel Carson's classic trilogy comprises three volumes - The Sea Around Us (1950), Under the Wind-Sea (1941) and The Edge of the Sea (1955). The Sea Around Us presents an overview of the subject, a natural history of the oceans in which Rachel Carson discusses such matters as their origins, the evolution of life, the creation of volcanic islands