When the dust settled, the sea around us had sold more than 1. Rachel won several awards for the sea around us, including the national book award and the john burroughs medal under the sea wind and the sea around us were bestsellers. The sea around us remains as fresh today as when it first appeared over six decades ago. Colson whitehead, jacqueline woodson and rita dove are just three of the authors on the shortlists for the national book awards. The sea around us is a prizewinning and bestselling book by the american marine biologist rachel carson, first published as a whole by oxford university press in 1951. Her third book, the edge of the sea, was published in 1955. John lewiss national book award win is a milestone. How rachel carson cost millions of people their lives. Carsons genius for evoking the power and primacy of the world. The mission of the national book foundation is to celebrate the best literature in america, expand its audience, and ensure that books have a prominent place in american culture. The sea around us was first published, serially, in the new yorker, in the summer of 1951.
Five times before, a graphic novel had been named a finalist for the national book award for young peoples literature beginning with gene luen yangs american born chinese a decade ago. Rachel carsons rare ability to combine scientific insight with moving, poetic prose catapulted her book to first place on the new york times bestseller list, where it enjoyed wide attention for thirtyone consecutive weeks. Rachel carson is the author of the bestseller silent spring and the sea around us, which won the national book award for nonfiction. National book foundation, presenter of the national book. It reveals the science and poetry of the sea while ranging from its primeval beginnings to the latest scientific probings. The sea around us it remained on the new york times bestseller list for a record 86 weeks, and won the national book award for nonfiction in 1952, as well as the prestigious john burroughs award for nature writing among many other awards.
The sea around us remained on the new york times best seller list for 86 weeks, was abridged by readers digest, won the 1952 national book award for nonfiction and the john burroughs medal, and resulted in carsons being awarded two honorary doctorates. Ultimately it sold well over a million copies, was translated into 28 languages, inspired an academy award winning documentary, and won both the national book award and the john burroughs medal. The sea around us 1951 became a national best seller, won a national book award, and was eventually translated into 30 languages. Book 3, a graphic novel about the later years t of the civil rights movement, won the national book award for young peoples literature on wednesday night in new york. Published in 1951, the sea around us is one of the most remarkably successful books ever written about the natural world.
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