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Silent spring / Rachel Carson ; introduction Linda Lear ; afterword by Edward O. Wilson.

Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 (Author). Lear, Linda J., 1940- (writer of introduction.). Wilson, Edward O., (writer of afterword.).

Summary:

"Rarely does a single book alter the course of history, but Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' did exactly that. The outcry that followed its publication in 1962 forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson's passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world, and her elequent book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement. It is without question one of the landmark books of the twentieth century"--Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9780618253050
ISBN: 061825305X
ISBN: 9780618249060
ISBN: 0618249060
Physical Description: xix, 378 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [2002]
Copyright: ©2002

Content descriptions

General Note:	Publisher, publication date, and edition statements may vary; paging, table of contents, author, author of introduction, and author of foreward are identical.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliography and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. A fable for tomorrow -- 2. The obligation to endure -- 3. Elixirs of death -- 4. Surface waters and underground seas -- 5. Realms of the soil -- 6. Earth's green mantle -- 7. Needless havoc -- 8. And no birds sing -- 9. Rivers of death -- 10. Indiscriminately from the skies -- 11. Beyond the dreams of the Borgias -- 12. The human price -- 13. Through a narrow window -- 14. One in every four -- 15. Nature fights back -- 16. The rumblings of an avalanche -- 17. The other road.
Target Audience Note:	1340L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR UG 11.5 19 67632.