1907-1964

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1907-1964

Rachel Carson

caring for the earth
1992
A biography of the biologist focusing on her childhood in Pennsylvania, her growing interest as an adult in environmental concerns, and the importance of her book "Silent Spring" in exposing the environmental harm done by pesticides.

Understanding Rachel Carson's Silent Spring

2011
Explores Silent Spring's historical context and its influence on and repercussions for the world. Silent Spring not only exposed the dangers of pesticides but became one of the most influential manifestos on environmental issues.

Rachel Carson

the environmental movement
1991
A biography of the biologist focusing on the events that led her to expose pesticide pollution in her book "Silent Spring" and her legacy as a founder of the environmental movement.

Listening to crickets

a story about Rachel Carson
1993
Examines the life of the marine biologist and science writer whose book "Silent Spring" changed the way we look at pesticides.

Rachel Carson

pioneer of ecology
1988
A biography of the scientist and writer whose book "Silent Spring" warned of the dangers of pesticides and launched a popular movement to control their use.

Who on Earth is Rachel Carson?

mother of the environmental movement
2009
Details the life of Rachel Carson, with chapters devoted to her early years, life, work, ecological writings, and legacy, as well as how children can follow in her footsteps.

Sounding the alarm

a biography of Rachel Carson
1989
Traces the life and achievements of the biologist who wrote about the sea and the dangers of pesticides.

Rachel Carson, voice for the earth

1991
Describes the life and work of the biologist and writer who helped initiate the environmental movement.

Rachel Carson

a twentieth-century life
2007
Examines the life and career of marine biologist Rachel Carson; discussing her childhood, education, research, publications, personal life, and fight against cancer.

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