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Sea of Slaughter

Name: Sea of Slaughter
Author: Farley Mowat
ISBN: 9781771000468

by Farley Mowat

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Overview

The northeastern seaboard of Canada and the United States, extending from Labrador to Cape Cod, was the first region of North America to suffer from human exploitation. Farley Mowat, who has observed this region closely over the past forty years, supplements the extensive historical and biological research on the subject with his direct experience of the natural world. When it was first published nearly twenty years ago, Sea of Slaughter served as a warning to humanity and a catalyst for environmental reform, raising awareness of the decline and destruction of marine and coastal species. As timely today as it was on first publication, this classic is now available to a new generation of readers.

Synopsis

The northeastern seaboard of Canada and the United States, extending from Labrador to Cape Cod, was the first region of North America to suffer from human exploitation. Farley Mowat informs extensive historical and biological research with his direct experience living in and observing this region. When it was first published more than 20 years ago, Sea of Slaughter served as a catalyst for environment reform, raising awareness of the decline and destruction of marine and coastal species. Today, it remains a prescient environmental classic, serving, now as ever, as a haunting reminder of the impact of human interest on the natural world.

About the Author, Farley Mowat

Farley Mowat is an internationally renowned author and conservationist whose work has been translated into more than 50 languages. His bestselling books include Never Cry Wolf and Owls in the Family. He lives in Ontario, Canada.

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From the Publisher

"In this masterpiece, Canada's most beloved naturalist-author is as angry about the assault on the living sea as Rachel Carson was about the land in Silent Spring." — Roger Tory Peterson

Library Journal

Two different sides of Mowat. While the author is immediately linked with nature stories, And No Bird Sang is his firsthand account of fighting in World War II. In Slaughter, Mowat returns to familiar territory as he chronicles the ecological devastation of the northeastern seaboard. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.