The Seaside Reader

By: Bennett, Dery W.

Book Overview

Here is an anthology featuring writers as diverse as Jacques Cousteau and Norman Mailer, with selections on the places, people, and creatures that make up the lure of the seacoast. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558211977
• ISBN13: 9781558211971
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Lyons Pr
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

A quality browse musing on the coastal experience

Compiled and edited by Dery Bennett (Director of the coastal habitat preservation and conservation group American Littoral Society ), The Seaside Reader is an anthology of excerpts from classic works by great writers centering around the theme of beaches and the seashore. A quality browse musing on the coastal experience, perfect for relaxing with during one's sunny seaside vacation, The Seaside Reader is a superb compendium and a welcome addition to conservationist reading lists and library reference collections.