Washed Up by Skye Moody

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Washed Up by Skye Moody

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Summary

Talks about how the ocean gives up many prizes, just setting them on our beaches for us to find. This book discusses many findings, from rubber ducks that started out in Indonesia to land Venice Beach, to an intact refrigerator that made its way to the Jersey Shore, chunks of beeswax on the Oregon coast, and other naturally occurring flotsam.

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Washed Up by Skye Moody

The ocean gives up many prizes, just setting them on our beaches for us to find. From rubber ducks that started out somewhere in Indonesia to land Venice Beach, to an intact refrigerator makes it way to the Jersey Shore. Chunks of beeswax found on the Oregon coast are the packing remnants of 18th century Spanish gold. And then there's the naturally occurring flotsam: ambergris, from sperm whales, is eight times more valuable than gold (it's also illegal to buy or sell in the US); seedpods from one part of the globe ride the currents to transplant whole forests (think mangroves in Florida); and then dead whales wash up in the most inconvenient places (the State of Oregon stuffed one with dynamite in an effort to get rid of one large decomposing problem - oops).

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Writer, photographer and former East Africa bush guide, Skye Moody lives at Wits End on Seattle's Alki Beach. This is her seventh mystery novel in the Venus Diamond Series.
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ISBN 13 9781570614637
ISBN 10 1570614636
Title Washed Up
Author Skye Moody
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Sasquatch Books
Year published 2006-09-01
Number of pages 240
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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