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The Sea Around Us
The Sea Around Us is a prize-winning and best-selling book by the American marine biologist Rachel Carson, first published as a whole by Oxford University Press in 1951. It reveals the science and poetry of the sea while ranging from its primeval beginnings to the latest scientific probings. Often described as "poetic," it was Carson's second published book and the one that launched her into the public eye and a second career as a writer and conservationist; in retrospect it is counted the
appeared in "The New Yorker" in two condensed installments shortly before its October 26 book release by Houghton Mifflin (again a new publisher). By this time, Carson's reputation for clear and poetical prose was well established; "The Edge of the Sea" received highly favorable reviews, if not quite as enthusiastic as for "The Sea Around Us".
Through 1955 and 1956, Carson worked on a number of projects — including the script for an "Omnibus" episode, "Something About the Sky