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Article: Rachel Carson wrote animal stories for adults.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- January 9, 2001
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Animal stories _ even those for adults _ always wind up being disgustingly cutesy.
Perhaps that's because the authors aim to be entertaining instead of educational.
But it's possible to do both. For proof, one need look no further than Rachel Carson.
Her 1941 classic "Under the Sea Wind" is a drama like no other, telling in time-lapse fashion the life-and-death struggles of birds, fish, crabs and other life on the coast and in the ocean.
Blackstone Audio has produced an unabridged recording (7.5 hours, $39.95 purchase, $10.95 for a 30-day rental), with C.M. Herbert reading.
It is the first of four books Carson wrote, followed ...