Few people have had as great an impact on the modern environmental movement as has the great writer and scientist Rachel Carson. This readable and up-to-date biography traces the famous environmentalist's development as a writer from earliest childhood through the publication of her best-known work "Silent Spring" (1962). Although Carson is now remembered almost exclusively for "Silent Spring," which exposed the dangers of pesticides, this book was preceded by three best-sellers about the ocean environment: "Under the Sea-Wind" (1941), "The Edge of the Sea" (1955), and "The Sea Around Us"...
Few people have had as great an impact on the modern environmental movement as has the great writer and scientist Rachel Carson. This readable and ...