Silent Spring

Rachel Carson, Linda Lear, Edward O Wilson

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Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
01 February 2022

Mathematics & Sciences; Conservation of the environment; Pollution & threats to the environment

THE CLASSIC THAT LAUNCHED THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT

""Rachel Carson is a pivotal figure of the twentieth century...people who thought one way before her essential 1962 book Silent Spring thought another way after it.""--Margaret Atwood

Rarely does a single book alter the course of history, but Rachel Carson's Silent Spring did exactly that. The outcry that followed its publication in 1962 forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson's passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world. As Carson reminds us, ""In nature, nothing exists alone.""

The introduction by the acclaimed biographer Linda Lear, author of Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature, tells the story of Carson's courageous defense of her truths in the face of a ruthless assault form the chemical industry following the publication of Silent Spring and before her untimely death.

""Wonder and humility are just some of the gifts of Silent Spring. They remind us that we, like all other living creatures, are part of the vast ecosystems of the earth of the earth...this is a book to relish: not for the dark side of human nature, but for the promise of life's possibility."" --from the Introduction

By: Rachel Carson
Afterword by: Edward O Wilson
Introduction by: Linda Lear
Imprint: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Edition: 40th Anniversary ed.
Dimensions: Height: 141mm, Width: 209mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 450g
ISBN: 9780618249060
ISBN 10: 0618249060
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 01 February 2022
Recommended Age: From 14 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

RACHEL CARSON, 1907-1964, spent a good deal of her professional life as a marine biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Her first three books -- Under the Sea-Wind, The Sea Around Us, and The Edge of the Sea -- established her reputation as a first-rate writer on the natural world.

Reviews for Silent Spring

""Rachel Carson is a pivotal figure of the twentieth century...people who thought one way before her essential 1962 book Silent Spring thought another way after it."" -- Margaret Atwood ""Even if she had not inspired a generation of activists, Carson would prevail as one of the greatest nature writers in American letters."" -- Peter Matthiessen, for Time's 100 Most Influential People of the Century