Great Deep: The Sea and Its Thresholds

By James Hamilton-Paterson

Book Overview

James Hamilton-Paterson's classic exploration of the sea, Seven Tenths is a beautifully written blend of literature and science that includes the acclaimed essay "Sea Burial." Hamilton-Paterson writes... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679405968
• ISBN13: 9780679405962
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

leviathan

simply mesmerizing in its mix of science, adventure, anthropology, literature and deep melancholy. "The Great Deep" displays penetrating knowledge and aching acknowledgement of lost past and future on the seas. Written before the endgame for the oceans of global warming was announced, "The Great Deep" presents a learned and wise understanding of human degredation of environment, which alone would make it indespensible reading in these troubled times if its prose wasn't damn near perfect.