Eleven essays examine the life and works of twentieth-century German author Hermann Hesse, discussing "Demian," "Steppenwolf," "Narziss and Goldmund," "The Glass Bead Game," and other novels.
Describes the 1934 dive of a bathysphere, or "sphere of the deep," in which two explorers, William Beebe and Otis Barton, set the world depth record and saw mysterious creatures of the deep ocean.
Includes six of Hesse's poems: "Page from a Journal, " "Hours in the Garden, " "Pavilion in Winter, " "The Lame Boy, " "Sketch, " and "Creaking of a Broken Bough.".
A picture-book biography that follows the life and adventures of American naturalist, explorer, and author William Beebe, the father of deep-sea exploration.
