F. Fraser Darling

The Seasons and the Fisherman

A Book for Children

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1941 as one in a series of Cambridge children's books related to the natural world, F. Fraser Darling provides a beautifully written account of the interaction between humanity and life underwater. This is combined with a large number of illustrations by the renowned naturalistic artist C. F. Tunnicliffe.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 84
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 140g
• ISBN-13: 9780521175944
• ISBN-10: 0521175941
• Artikelnr.: 32468482

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication and preface
Map
Part I. The Waters and their Denizens: 1. The primeval ocean
2. The waters of to-day
3. The pastures of the sea
4. Food chains
5. The shallows and the deeps
6. The tides
7. Light and dark
Part II. The Fresh Waters and Beyond: 8. The brown trout of the streams
9. The ocean-going sea trout
10. The salmon
11. The life story of the eel
Part III. The Fishing at the Sea's Edge
12. Lobsters and crabs
13. Mussels and cockles, alive, alive-o
Part IV. The Warm-Blooded Beasts of the Sea: 14. The great whales
15. Seals, north and south
Part V. The Fisheries of the Seas: 16. The inshore fisheries
17. Trawlers of the dogger and of the deep seas
18. The herring
Part VI. The Fish and the People: 19. The fishing ports
20. Science of the sea.