Silent spring
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Physical Desc
xix, 378 pages : ill. ; 21 cm
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2nd Floor - Nature
Nature 363.7384 CARSON
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Nature 363.7384 CARSON
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Nature 632 CARSON
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Nature 632 CARSON
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Format
Book
Language
English
UPC
DLW60677, DLW60677
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 11.5, 19 Points
Level 11.5, 19 Points
Notes
General Note
"A Mariner book."
General Note
"A Mariner book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-355) and index
Description
First Published in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. "Silent Spring became a runaway bestseller, with international reverberations ... 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"). This fortieth anniversary edition celebrates Rachel Carson's watershed book with new essays by the author and scientist Edward O. Wilson and the acclaimed biographer Linda Lear, who tells the story of Carson's courageous defense of her truths in the face of ruthless assault from the chemical industry in 1963, the year following the publication of Silent Spring and before her untimely death. First published by Houghton Mifflin in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. "Silent Spring became a runaway bestseller, with international reverberations . . . [It is] well crafted, fearless and succinct . . . 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). This fortieth anniversary edition celebrates Rachel Carson's watershed book with a new introduction by the author and activist Terry Tempest Williams and a new afterword by the acclaimed Rachel Carson biographer Linda Lear, who tells the story of Carson's courageous defense of her truths in the face of ruthless assault from the chemical industry in the year following the publication of Silent Spring and before her untimely death in 1964
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Carson, R. (20021962). Silent spring (40th anniversary ed.). Houghton Mifflin.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964. 20021962. Silent Spring. Houghton Mifflin.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964. Silent Spring Houghton Mifflin, 20021962.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring 40th anniversary ed., Houghton Mifflin, 20021962.
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