On a Farther Shore The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring

William Souder

eBook - 2012

Published on the fiftieth anniversary of her seminal book, Silent Spring, here is an indelible new portrait of Rachel Carson, founder of the environmental movementShe loved the ocean and wrote three books about its mysteries, including the international bestseller The Sea Around Us. But it was with her fourth book, Silent Spring, that this unassuming biologist transformed our relationship with the natural world.Rachel Carson began work on Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT, whose inventor had won a Nobel Prize for its discovery. Effective against crop pests as well as insects that transmitted human diseases such as typhus a...nd malaria, DDT had at first appeared safe. But as its use expanded, alarming reports surfaced of collateral damage to fish, birds, and other wildlife. Silent Spring was a chilling indictment...

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Published
Crown
Language
English
Main Author
William Souder
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Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Kindle Book
ASINB007MGSNQI
Release Date9/4/2012
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780307462220
Release Date9/4/2012