Song for the blue ocean : encounters along the world's coasts and beneath the seas / Carl Safina.
Song for the blue ocean : encounters along the world's coasts and beneath the seas / Carl Safina.
Song for the blue ocean : encounters along the world's coasts and beneath the seas / Carl Safina.
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Publisher
New York : Henry Holt, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N333.95616/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvii, 458 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Bk. 1. Northeast. The Gulf of Maine. Ogunquit. Cape Cod Bay. Shores of Three Continents. South of Block -- Bk. 2. Northwest. Yaquina Head. Yachats. Valley of Giants, Mountains of Gods. On the Ground. Astoria. Columbia Gorge. The Dalles and Umatilla. Golden State -- Bk. 3. Far Pacific. Malakal. Koror...
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Publisher
New York : Henry Holt, 1998.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
We learn of greed and excess relationships little different from nineteenth century plunder that destroyed the buffalo. As with the moon's effect on tides, Safina demonstrates that today's unregulated global economy exerts a tremendous pull on the world's oceans. But we also read dramatic and hopeful stories of the seas's revival and replenishment....
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Song for the blue ocean : encounters along the world's coasts and beneath the seas / Carl Safina.
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"A John Macrae book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-444) and index.
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N333.95616/1
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74VMbQ4qAGGO
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ISBN
0805061223 (pbk.)
9780805046717 (alk. paper)
0805046712 (alk. paper)
9780805061222 (pbk.)
DDC
333.95616
MMS ID
991000891839702626
