|aRachel Carson :|ba twentieth-century life /|cby Ellen Levine
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|aUp close : Rachel Carson
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|aNew York :|bPuffun Books,|c2007
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|a224 p. :|bill. ;|c19 cm
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|aUp close series
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 194-215) and index
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|aWild birds and creatures -- Vision splendid -- Adventurous mind -- Roaring seaward, and I go -- Seven-minute fish tales -- Superb indifference -- Field mice for twelve -- Can't stop researching -- She's done it again -- Under the name of civilization -- Reverence for life -- Argument with a woman -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Permissions and acknowledgments -- Index
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|aDiscusses author and marine biologist Rachel Carson's efforts to protect the environment, from her childhood nature outings through the impact of her 1962 book, "Silent Spring."
Rachel Carson combined her love of science and writing in her award-winning and controversial book Silent Spring. Revealing the dangers of pesticide use, it brought readers a new awareness of humankindA's contamination of the environment and ultimately led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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