Annotations: Eugenie Clark

Clark, Eugenie. Lady with a Spear. New York: Harper & Bros., 1953.

When I was a boy, I'm fairly sure I had a crush on Eugenie Clark, photogenic female star of many underwater science segments. After reading her autobiography, I can also appreciate what a ground-breaking scientist she was--as a female, one of the lone females, in the very masculine world of marine biology. Her book presents her scientific research through the lens of adventure in the South Pacific. The many photographs of Eugenie Clark reminded me of that old schoolboy infatuation.