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A portrait of the terrain and wildlife of Lewes, Delaware, interweaves personal reflection with descriptions of such local phenomema as ghost crabs, shore birds, sea worms, and whales
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This is a naturalist's account of her observations of nature around Lewes, a seaside town situated along Delaware's Atlantic coast. Ackerman's detailed descriptions of diatoms and sea and plant life--worms, whales, and osprey--generally lack lyrical beauty but exhibit a fastidious, microscopic perception and enthusiastic attention to every little thing that is inspirational. Nothing is too insignificant for Ackerman's examination. This quality, in combination with some thoughtful reflection, makes the book interesting to both readers with scientific backgrounds and those just awed by nature. In a style much like Annie Dillard's, though less erudite, Ackerman ponders the changes that accompany the ocean's movement, nature's growth and fluctuation, and the influence of humans on the direction of those changes. Many writers have said that the road to the universal is through the particular. Ackerman has certainly marked that as the starting point of her journey. Janet St. John
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Ackerman, an accomplished writer who has contributed to a number of national and regional publications, is a Midwesterner transplanted to the Delaware shore. In this book, she turns her keen and discerning eye toward the environment she inhabits. Often despairing of nature's ability to repair what human activity has so totally disrupted, Ackerman eloquently details the natural history of a region often thought of as totally developed. She takes the reader on many journeys, stopping along the way to discuss various species of crabs, fish, and shore birds. Ackerman does not neglect the human denizens of the beach, introducing the readers to a number of engaging local personalities. Recommended for public libraries.?Randy Dykhuis, OHIONET, Columbus, Ohio
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- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0140177884
- ISBN 13 9780140177886
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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