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Rachel Carson : a biography / Arlene R. Quaratiello.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Quaratiello, Arlene Rodda.
Series:
Greenwood biographies 1540-4900
Greenwood biographies, 1540-4900
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.
Carson, Rachel.
Biologists--United States--Biography.
Biologists.
United States.
Environmentalists--United States--Biography.
Environmentalists.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xviii, 138 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
Contents:
Chapter 1 Learning and Loving Nature 1
Chapter 2 Seaward She Goes 13
Chapter 3 Making the Sea a "Vivid Reality" 23
Chapter 4 Federal Employee "in Action" 33
Chapter 5 Writing The Sea Around Us 43
Chapter 6 The Wave of Reaction to The Sea Around Us 53
Chapter 7 Completing the Sea Trilogy 63
Chapter 8 Reaching New Audiences 73
Chapter 9 The Struggle to Write Silent Spring 83
Chapter 10 The Other Road 93
Chapter 11 The Loud Reaction to Silent Spring 105
Chapter 12 The Legacy of Rachel Carson 117.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [127]-132) and index.
ISBN:
0313323887
OCLC:
55286063

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