Rachel Carson : witness for nature

Author(s)

• Lear, Linda J.

Bibliographic Information

Rachel Carson : witness for nature

Linda Lear

Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 1998

Note

Bibliography: p. [585]-609

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A biography of reluctant reformer Rachel Carson, who wrote "Silent Spring" in 1962 with the intention of alerting the world to the hazards of environmental pollution. The text is based on personal documents and reminiscences and also investigates her private life.

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Details

• NCID: BA36738907
• ISBN:
  • 0713992360
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 634 p., [32] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 363.70092
• Subject Headings:
  • BLSH : Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964
  • LCSH : Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography
  • LCSH : Women environmentalists -- United States -- Biography