Author: Ginger Wadsworth
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780822549079
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Describes the life and work of the biologist and writer who helped initiate the environmental movement.
Rachel Carson, Voice for the Earth
Author: Ginger Wadsworth
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780822549079
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Describes the life and work of the biologist and writer who helped initiate the environmental movement.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780822549079
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Describes the life and work of the biologist and writer who helped initiate the environmental movement.
Rachel Carson: A Voice for the Natural World
Author: Charles Piddock
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 9781433900587
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Presents the life and works of the influential author of "Silent Spring" and discusses her development as a scientist and her role in the environmental movement.
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 9781433900587
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Presents the life and works of the influential author of "Silent Spring" and discusses her development as a scientist and her role in the environmental movement.
Spring After Spring
Author: Stephanie Roth Sisson
Publisher:
ISBN: 1626728194
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
From the creator of Star Stuff comes a picture book biography of Rachel Carson, the iconic environmentalist who fought to keep the sounds of nature from going silent.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1626728194
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
From the creator of Star Stuff comes a picture book biography of Rachel Carson, the iconic environmentalist who fought to keep the sounds of nature from going silent.
Lost Woods
Author: Rachel Carson
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807095443
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Discover the previously uncollected works of the author of the environmental classic Silent Spring—considered one of the best nature writers of the 20th century. "Lyric, descriptive, informative, and moving."—The New York Times When Rachel Carson died of cancer in 1964, her four books, including the environmental classic Silent Spring, had made her one of the most famous people in America. This anthology of previously uncollected writings is a priceless addition to our knowledge of Rachel Carson, her affinity with the natural world, and her life. Featuring nature writing, speeches, field notebook passages, and letters, this collection is an invaluable insight to Carson's thought and philosophy and a treasure trove for environmentalists.
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807095443
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Discover the previously uncollected works of the author of the environmental classic Silent Spring—considered one of the best nature writers of the 20th century. "Lyric, descriptive, informative, and moving."—The New York Times When Rachel Carson died of cancer in 1964, her four books, including the environmental classic Silent Spring, had made her one of the most famous people in America. This anthology of previously uncollected writings is a priceless addition to our knowledge of Rachel Carson, her affinity with the natural world, and her life. Featuring nature writing, speeches, field notebook passages, and letters, this collection is an invaluable insight to Carson's thought and philosophy and a treasure trove for environmentalists.
Rachel Carson
Author: Lori Hile
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1406283444
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
This book takes an engaging look at the work of ground-breaking conservationist, Rachel Carson, and her work to uncover the dangers of pesticides. It covers Carson's inspiration, her methods, findings, and the impact of her work on the environment movement.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1406283444
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
This book takes an engaging look at the work of ground-breaking conservationist, Rachel Carson, and her work to uncover the dangers of pesticides. It covers Carson's inspiration, her methods, findings, and the impact of her work on the environment movement.
Rachel Carson
Author: Linda Lear
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 054770755X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
The authoritative biography of the marine biologist and nature writer whose book Silent Spring inspired the global environmentalist movement. In a career that spanned from civil service to unlikely literary celebrity, Rachel Carson became one of the world’s seminal leaders in conservation. The 1962 publication of her book Silent Spring was a watershed event that led to the banning of DDT and launched the modern environmental movement. Growing up in poverty on a tiny Allegheny River farm, Carson attended the Pennsylvania College for Women on a scholarship. There, she studied science and writing before taking a job with the newly emerging Fish and Wildlife Service. In this definitive biography, Linda Lear traces the evolution of Carson’s private, professional, and public lives, from the origins of her dedication to natural science to her invaluable service as a brilliant, if reluctant, reformer. Drawing on unprecedented access to sources and interviews, Lear masterfully explores the roots of Carson’s powerful connection to the natural world, crafting a “fine portrait of the environmentalist as a human being” (Smithsonian). “Impressively researched and eminently readable . . . Compelling, not just for Carson devotees but for anyone concerned about the environment.” —People “[A] combination of meticulous scholarship and thoughtful, often poignant, writing.” —Science “A sweeping, analytic, first-class biography of Rachel Carson.” —Kirkus Reviews
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 054770755X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
The authoritative biography of the marine biologist and nature writer whose book Silent Spring inspired the global environmentalist movement. In a career that spanned from civil service to unlikely literary celebrity, Rachel Carson became one of the world’s seminal leaders in conservation. The 1962 publication of her book Silent Spring was a watershed event that led to the banning of DDT and launched the modern environmental movement. Growing up in poverty on a tiny Allegheny River farm, Carson attended the Pennsylvania College for Women on a scholarship. There, she studied science and writing before taking a job with the newly emerging Fish and Wildlife Service. In this definitive biography, Linda Lear traces the evolution of Carson’s private, professional, and public lives, from the origins of her dedication to natural science to her invaluable service as a brilliant, if reluctant, reformer. Drawing on unprecedented access to sources and interviews, Lear masterfully explores the roots of Carson’s powerful connection to the natural world, crafting a “fine portrait of the environmentalist as a human being” (Smithsonian). “Impressively researched and eminently readable . . . Compelling, not just for Carson devotees but for anyone concerned about the environment.” —People “[A] combination of meticulous scholarship and thoughtful, often poignant, writing.” —Science “A sweeping, analytic, first-class biography of Rachel Carson.” —Kirkus Reviews
Rachel Carson: Silent Spring & Other Writings on the Environment (LOA #307)
Author: Rachel Carson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1598535609
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The book that sparked the modern environmental movement, with an unprecedented collection of letters, speeches, and other writings that reveal the extraordinary courage and vision of its author Library of America launches its Rachel Carson edition with this deluxe illustrated volume presenting one of the landmark books of the twentieth century together with rare letters, speeches, and other writings that reveal the personal courage and passionate commitment of its author. A huge bestseller when published in September 1962, Silent Spring led not only to many of the laws and government agencies that protect our air, land, and water, but prompted a revolution in environmental consciousness. Now for the first time, in previously unpublished and newly collected letters to biochemists, ecologists, cancer specialists, ornithologists, and other experts, Carson's groundbreaking expose of the unintended consequences of pesticide use comes together piece-by-piece, like a puzzle or detective story. She makes common cause with conservationists and other allies to build public awareness, hiding her private battle with cancer for fear it might distract from her message. And in the wake of her book's astonishing impact, as she becomes the target of an organized campaign of disinformation by the chemical industry, Carson speaks out in defense of her findings while remaining a model of grace under pressure. Throughout the collection, Carson's lifelong love of nature shines through. In writings both lyrical and intensely moving, she conveys her "sense of wonder" to her young nephew, dreams of conserving old-growth forest in Maine for posterity, and recounts her adventures and epiphanies as birdwatcher and beachcomber. A future companion volume will gather Carson's "sea trilogy": Under the Sea-Wind (1941), The Sea Around Us (1951), and The Edge of the Sea (1955). LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1598535609
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The book that sparked the modern environmental movement, with an unprecedented collection of letters, speeches, and other writings that reveal the extraordinary courage and vision of its author Library of America launches its Rachel Carson edition with this deluxe illustrated volume presenting one of the landmark books of the twentieth century together with rare letters, speeches, and other writings that reveal the personal courage and passionate commitment of its author. A huge bestseller when published in September 1962, Silent Spring led not only to many of the laws and government agencies that protect our air, land, and water, but prompted a revolution in environmental consciousness. Now for the first time, in previously unpublished and newly collected letters to biochemists, ecologists, cancer specialists, ornithologists, and other experts, Carson's groundbreaking expose of the unintended consequences of pesticide use comes together piece-by-piece, like a puzzle or detective story. She makes common cause with conservationists and other allies to build public awareness, hiding her private battle with cancer for fear it might distract from her message. And in the wake of her book's astonishing impact, as she becomes the target of an organized campaign of disinformation by the chemical industry, Carson speaks out in defense of her findings while remaining a model of grace under pressure. Throughout the collection, Carson's lifelong love of nature shines through. In writings both lyrical and intensely moving, she conveys her "sense of wonder" to her young nephew, dreams of conserving old-growth forest in Maine for posterity, and recounts her adventures and epiphanies as birdwatcher and beachcomber. A future companion volume will gather Carson's "sea trilogy": Under the Sea-Wind (1941), The Sea Around Us (1951), and The Edge of the Sea (1955). LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Silent Spring
Author: Rachel Carson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618249060
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The essential, cornerstone book of modern environmentalism is now offered in a handsome 40th anniversary edition which features a new Introduction by activist Terry Tempest Williams and a new Afterword by Carson biographer Linda Lear.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618249060
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The essential, cornerstone book of modern environmentalism is now offered in a handsome 40th anniversary edition which features a new Introduction by activist Terry Tempest Williams and a new Afterword by Carson biographer Linda Lear.
Rachel Carson
Author: Patricia Lantier
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778746638
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Come inside for an exciting look at the life of Rachel Carson: marine writer, biologist, and ecologist. She both revealed the wonders of the natural world and exposed the sinister threat to that world posed by DDT and other pesticides.
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778746638
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Come inside for an exciting look at the life of Rachel Carson: marine writer, biologist, and ecologist. She both revealed the wonders of the natural world and exposed the sinister threat to that world posed by DDT and other pesticides.
Rachel Carson
Author: Elizabeth Ring
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 9781562947989
Category : Biologists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A biography of the biologist focusing on the events that led her to expose pesticide pollution in her book "Silent Spring" and her legacy as a founder of the environmental movement.
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 9781562947989
Category : Biologists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A biography of the biologist focusing on the events that led her to expose pesticide pollution in her book "Silent Spring" and her legacy as a founder of the environmental movement.