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Under the Sea Wind
''Under the Sea Wind: A Naturalist's Picture of Ocean Life'' (1941) is the first book written by the American marine biologist Rachel Carson. It was published by Simon & Schuster in 1941, when it received very good reviews but sold poorly. After the great success of a sequel ''The Sea Around Us'' (Oxford, 1951), it was reissued by Oxford University Press; that edition was an alternate Book-of-the-Month Club selection and became another bestseller. It is recognised today as one of the "definitive works of American nature writing,"〔Bryson, Michael A. ''Visions of the Land: Science, Literature, and the American Environment from the Era of Exploration to the Age of Ecology''. University of Virginia Press, 2002, page 144. ISBN 0-8139-2107-4.〕 and is in print as one of the Penguin Nature Classics.
==Description==
''Under the Sea Wind'' describes the behaviour of fish and seabirds accurately, but in story form, often using the scientific names of species as character names. Carson's stated goal in doing so was "to make the sea and its life as vivid a reality for those who may read the book as it has become for me during the past decade."〔Quaratiello, Arlene. ''Rachel Carson: A Biography''. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2004, pages 26–27. ISBN 0-313-32388-7.〕 The first of her characters is introduced this way:
''With the dusk a strange bird came to the island from its nesting grounds on the outer banks. Its wings were pure black, and from tip to tip their spread was more than the length of a man's arm. It flew steadily and without haste across the sound, its progress as measured and as meaningful as that of the shadows which little by little were dulling the bright water path. The bird was called Rynchops, the black skimmer.''〔Carson, Rachel. ''Under the Sea-Wind''. Penguin Nature Classics edition (1996), pages 4–5. ISBN 0-14-025380-7.〕
The middle section of the book follows the life-story of Scomber, the mackerel, while the last part describes pond creatures such as eels and ducks. A glossary at the end of the book provides additional detail.〔Carson, pages 273–304.〕
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