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All About the Sea
This book published in 1953, adapted for young people, has information and drawings about the sea and its creatures. An educational book.
148 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1953
About the author
Ferdinand C. Lane
12 booksDr. Ferdinand Cole Lane was born in Minnesota, but he has spent most of his life on the East Coast or traveling in other countries.
When he was in his early twenties, biologist Ferdinand Cole Lane, troubled by what he described as “weak lungs” left his part-time job with the Massachusetts Commission of Fisheries and Game and headed for Alberta, Canada, where he “passed the next six months in a log cabin on the remote frontier.”
Born on a wheat farm on the western edge of Minnesota, Lane “drifted” (his word) eastward with his parents and three older siblings in the wake of his father’s successive bankruptcies, first to Minneapolis, then Canton, Ohio, and Lowell, Massachusetts, finally arriving at Truro, Massachusetts, near the tip of Cape Cod, when he was seven. Six years later the family moved to Marion, on the other side of Buzzards Bay from Cape Cod, where Lane attended high school at Tabor Academy. He then worked his way through Boston University, receiving his B.A. in 1907, and continued on to graduate study at B.U. (including courses in the law school) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology across the river in Cambridge.
In the six years from 1947 through 1952, Doubleday published five books that Lane wrote for the general reader about the sea and the world’s lakes, rivers, mountains and trees. Lane then wrote three volumes over the next four years—on the sea, insects and flowers—for the Random House “all about” series for young readers.
He died on April 20, 1984, at age 98, just two months short of his seventieth wedding anniversary. His wife Emma died ten months later.
When he was in his early twenties, biologist Ferdinand Cole Lane, troubled by what he described as “weak lungs” left his part-time job with the Massachusetts Commission of Fisheries and Game and headed for Alberta, Canada, where he “passed the next six months in a log cabin on the remote frontier.”
Born on a wheat farm on the western edge of Minnesota, Lane “drifted” (his word) eastward with his parents and three older siblings in the wake of his father’s successive bankruptcies, first to Minneapolis, then Canton, Ohio, and Lowell, Massachusetts, finally arriving at Truro, Massachusetts, near the tip of Cape Cod, when he was seven. Six years later the family moved to Marion, on the other side of Buzzards Bay from Cape Cod, where Lane attended high school at Tabor Academy. He then worked his way through Boston University, receiving his B.A. in 1907, and continued on to graduate study at B.U. (including courses in the law school) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology across the river in Cambridge.
In the six years from 1947 through 1952, Doubleday published five books that Lane wrote for the general reader about the sea and the world’s lakes, rivers, mountains and trees. Lane then wrote three volumes over the next four years—on the sea, insects and flowers—for the Random House “all about” series for young readers.
He died on April 20, 1984, at age 98, just two months short of his seventieth wedding anniversary. His wife Emma died ten months later.
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July 24, 2011
Published in 1953, All About the Sea contains some obvious errors in scientific fact. However, it provides a balanced account of historical time and some interesting new information about the sea. For instance, now I know what plankton is made up of. Written for young people, this book offers a good introduction to the seas of our world. It reminded me of how much I enjoyed reading when I was a kid. Plus, there is an awesome illustration of a giant squid fighting a sperm whale.
December 27, 2024
8.5/10
من كتاب بهذه المواصفات، لم أكن لأتمنى أكثر. هو واحد من أفضل وأجمل كتب هذه السلسلة القديمة الحبيبة.
من كتاب بهذه المواصفات، لم أكن لأتمنى أكثر. هو واحد من أفضل وأجمل كتب هذه السلسلة القديمة الحبيبة.
February 21, 2026
For a school book not bad so 2.5 stars. It definitely is not a Christian author, but that’s kind of expected for science books so I could chew and spit as needed.
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