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Writers, Scientists, and Activists Celebrate the Life and Writing ofRachel Carson
Houghton Mifflin
May 2007
On Sale: April 22, 2007
224 pages
ISBN: 0618872760
EAN: 9780618872763
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Rachel Carsonβs lyrical, popular books about the sea, including her best-selling The Sea Around Us,βset a standard for nature writing for all time to comeβ (Roger Caras). By the late 1950s, Carson was the most respected science writer in America. She completed Silent Spring (1962) against formidable personal odds, and with it shaped a powerful social movement that has altered the course of history. In Silent Spring,Carson asserted that βthe right of the citizen to be secure in his own home against the intrusion of poisons applied by other personsβ must surely be a basic human right. She was the first to challenge the moral vacuity of a government that refused to take responsibility for or to acknowledge evidence of environmental damage. In this volume, todayβs foremost scientists and writers give compelling evidence that Carsonβs transformative insightsβher courage for the earthβ are giving a new generation of activists the inspiration they need to move consumers, industry, and government. The classic that launched the environmental movement.
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