Book Description
The northeastern seaboard of the United States and Canada, from Cape Cod to Labrador, was the first region in North America to suffer from human exploitation. In this timeless narrative, Farley Mowat describes in harrowing detail the devastation inflicted upon the birds, whales, fish, and mammals of this icy coast--from polar bears and otters to cod, seals, and ducks. Since its first publication some 20 years ago, this powerful work has served as both a warning to humanity and an inspiration for change.


About the Author
Farley Mowat started writing for a living in 1949, after spending several months traveling through the Arctic following his discharge from the army. He is the author of 38 books, including Never Cry Wolf (0891908234) and The Farfarers (1883642566), that have sold more than 14 million copies total worldwide. He lives in Nova Scotia and Ontario.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The northeastern seaboard of Canada and the United States, extending from Labrador to Cape Cod, was the first region of North America to suffer from human exploitation. Farley Mowat, who has observed this region closely over the past forty years, supplements the extensive historical and biological research on the subject with his direct experience of the natural world. When it was first published nearly twenty years ago, Sea of Slaughter served as a warning to humanity and a catalyst for environmental reform, raising awareness of the decline and destruction of marine and coastal species. As timely today as it was on first publication, this classic is now available to a new generation of readers.

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