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Lady with a Spear

by Eugenie Clark · 1953

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This high-spirited book is a youthful scientist's informal report of her career in the marine world that took her to the tropical waters of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and the Red Sea in search of rare and bizarre fish.

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Dr. Clark's career as an ichthyologist has been a "wonderful life." As a warm personal story and for its sound, scientific observation, Lady with a Spear is pure delight.

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