The Edge of the Sea

The Edge of the Sea

Book cover of The Edge of the Sea
Author	Rachel Carson
Illustrator	Robert W. Hines
Language	English
Series	Sea trilogy
Subject	Marine biology and history
Genre	Nature writing
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Publication date	1955
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	304
ISBN	9780395075050
Preceded by	The Sea Around Us

The Edge of the Sea is a best-selling book by the American marine biologist Rachel Carson, first published as a whole by Houghton Mifflin in 1955. The third and final volume of her sea trilogy, The Edge of the Sea, is a scientifically accurate exploration of the ecology of the Eastern Seaboard.^[1]