Rachel Carson: Silent Spring & Other Writings on the Environment

by Rachel Carson

Other authorsSandra Steingraber (Editor)
Hardcover, 2018

Status

Available

Call number

333.7209

Publication

New York, NY : Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 2018.

Description

Silent spring, together with rare letters, speeches, and other writings that reveal the personal courage and passionate commitment of Rachel Carson.

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LibraryThing member walterhistory
The LOA edition here contains Ms. Carson’s famous “Silent Spring” as well as her other environmental works. Her impact on the environmental movement at first created an impression of terrible environmental damage using the studies to justify her contentions unfortunately over time, the
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studies turned out to be severely flawed based on heavily biased rather than accurate data. Nevertheless, her writings remained although controversial, it fueled the environmental movement of the time.
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Original publication date

2018

ISBN

9781598535600
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