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Earle, Sylvia
by Barbara Krystal (2020) EARLE, SYLVIA ALICE. (1935- ). Marine biologist, ocean conservationist, underwater explorer, and author Sylvia Earle wrote in The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean’s Are One (2009): “Even if you never have the chance Continue reading text links
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Tagged 20th Century, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Nonfiction, Science/Nature
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Johnson, Charles
Interested in contributing a biography of Charles Johnson, author of Middle Passage? Click here for more information.
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Johnson, Electa [Exy] Search
by Eleanore MacLean (2014) JOHNSON, ELECTA [EXY] SEARCH (1909-2004). Exy Johnson was born in Rochester, New York, in 1909. She attended Smith College, graduating after three years in 1929, and went on to the University of California, Berkeley, for a Continue reading text links
Kolbert, Elizabeth
by Rachel Earnhardt (2016) KOLBERT, ELIZABETH (1961-) Born in New York City, Elizabeth Kolbert is a preeminent literary journalist and author. After graduating from Yale University with a degree in literature in 1983, Kolbert studied at the Universität Hamburg in Germany on Continue reading text links
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Stevenson, Janet
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