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Rachel Carson : witness for nature / Linda Lear.

Rachel Carson : witness for nature / Linda Lear.
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ISBN 9780547238234
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Location B CAR
Author Lear, Linda J.,1940-
Title Rachel Carson : witness for nature / Linda Lear.
Edition 1st Mariner Books ed.
Published Boston : Mariner Books, 2009.
Collation xxii, 634 pages, [33] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
General Note Originally published: New York : H. Holt, 1997.
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [585]-609) and index.
Contents Note Prologue 3 -- 1. "Wild Creatures Are My Friends" 7 -- 2. "The Vision Splendid" 27 -- 3. "The Decision for Science" 54 -- 4. "Something to Write About" 81 -- 5. "Just to Live by Writing" 110 -- 6. "Return to the Sea" 131 -- 7. "Such a Comfort to Me" 152 -- 8. "A Subject Very Close to My Heart" 178 -- 9. "Kin This Be Me?" 198 -- 10. "An Alice in Wonderland Character" 223 -- 11. "Nothing Lives to Itself' 244 -- 12. "Between the Tide Lines" 267 -- 13. "One Must Dream Greatly" 289 -- 14. "1 Shall Rant a Little, Too" 312 -- 15. "The Red Queen" 339 -- 16. "If I Live to Be 90" 363 -- 17. "A Solemn Obligation" 396 -- 18. "Rumblings of an Avalanche" 428 -- 19. "I Shall Remember the Monarchs" 457 -- Afterword 485 -- Abbreviations Used in the Notes 486 -- Notes 489 -- Bibliography 585.
Summary Note "Rachel Carson's 'Silent spring', published in 1962, did more than any other single publication to alert the world to the hazards of environmental poisoning and to inspire a powerful social movement that would alter the course of American history. This definitive, sweeping biography shows the origins of Carson's fierce dedication to natural science. Drawing on unprecedented sources and interviews, Lear masterfully tells the dramatic story of how Carson, already a famous nature writer, became a brilliant, if reluctant, reformer." - Back cover.
Personal Name Carson, Rachel,1907-1964
Subject Biologists
Environmentalists
Science writers
Biologists -- United States -- Biography
Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography
Science writers -- United States -- Biography
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