On a Farther Shore The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring

Name: On a Farther Shore The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring
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ISBN: 9780307462213

ISBN-10: 0307462218

ISBN-13: 9780307462213

Edition: 2012

Authors: William Souder

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Published on the fiftieth anniversary of her seminal book, Silent Spring, here is an indelible new portrait of Rachel Carson, founder of the environmental movementShe loved the ocean and wrote three books about its mysteries, including the international bestseller The Sea Around Us. But it was with her fourth book, Silent Spring, that this unassuming biologist transformed our relationship with the natural world.Rachel Carson began work on Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT, whose inventor had won a Nobel Prize for its discovery. Effective against crop pests as well as…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/3/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 5.28" wide x 8.03" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English




Water World



Miss Carson's Book



Bright as the Midday Sun



Biologizing



The English Connection and the Ocean Deep



This Beautiful and Sublime World



Author Triumphant



Silent Spring



Dorothy



The Enduring Sea



Earth on Fire



Collateral Damage



High Tides and Low


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index