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Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature - Softcover

Lear, Linda

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Synopsis

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, long-overdue biography shows how Carson, already a famous nature writer, became a reluctant reformer. It is a compelling portrait of the determined woman behind the publicly shy but brilliant scientist and writer.

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About the Author

Linda Lear is Research Professor of Environmental History at George Washington University and a research collaborator at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

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