On a Farther Shore The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson

Name: On a Farther Shore The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson
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ISBN: 9780307462206

ISBN-10: 030746220X

ISBN-13: 9780307462206

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: $35.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Crown/Archetype
Publication date: 9/4/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 512
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English