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Silent Spring by Rachel Carson | |
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About 148 pages (44,250 words) in 9 products |
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| Name: |
Rachel Louise Carson | | Birth Date: |
May 27, 1907 | | Death Date: |
April 14, 1964 | | Place of Birth: |
Springdale, Pennsylvania, United States | | Place of Death: |
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
biologist, writer |
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 Biography of Rachel Carson
1313 words, approx. 4.4 pages
 Rachel Carson was a university-trained biologist, a longtime United States government employee, and a best-selling author of such books as Edge of the Sea, The Sea Around Us (a National Book Award winner), and Silent Spring. Her book on the dangers of mi... summary from source:
 Biography of Rachel Carson
486 words, approx. 1.6 pages
Published in 1962, Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, sent shock waves through communities because it exposed the dangers of unregulated pesticide use. After the insecticidal properties of DDT (dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane) were discovered in 1939... summary from source:
 Biography of Rachel Louise Carson
450 words, approx. 1.5 pages
Rachel Louise Carson (1907-1964) was an American biologist and writer whose book Silent Spring aroused an apathetic public to the dangers of chemical pesticides. Rachel Carson was born May 27, 1907, in Springdale, Pa. A solitary child, she spent long hou...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Silent Spring Summary
983 words, approx. 3 pagesIn 1955 Rachel Carson was at the peak of her profession as a popular writer of science books about the sea. Under the Sea Wind (published in 1941), The Sea Around Us (1951), and The Edge of the Sea (1955) were all best-sellers, and they catapulted her... summary from source:
 Silent Spring : Environmental Health Terms
113 words, approx. 1 pagesThe title of a book first published in 1962 and written by Rachel Carson. The book was one of the first of its kind to deal with issues of chemical pollution of the environment by pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers, and was a landmark in the... summary from source:
 Silent Spring Information
1,973 words, approx. 7 pages
Silent Spring is a book written by Rachel Carson and published by Houghton Mifflin in September 1962. The book is widely credited with helping launch the environmental movement in the West.[1] When Silent Spring was published, Rachel Carson was already...
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 Reason Silent Spring.
12/01/1993: 588 words, approx. 2 pages Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962) became the inspiration for the environmental movement. Its elegant prose expressed passionate outrage at the ravaging of beautiful, unspoiled nature by man. Its frightening message was that we are all being injured by deadly poisons (DDT and other... summary from source:
E : the Environmental Magazine Silent Spring
07/01/2006: 1,181 words, approx. 4 pages What's Happening to Honey Bees? On a warm April morning, John Keeley s farm southeast of Portland, Oregon is lively with sound. His two dogs bark as they dash around the farm's dark wooden buildings; his sheep and lambs bleat as they waddle... summary from source:
 AP News Today in history - May 27
5/27/2007: 563 words, approx. 2 pagesToday is Sunday, May 27, the 147th day of 2007. There are 218 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 27, 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, Calif., opened to pedestrian traffic (vehicular traffic began crossing the bridge... summary from source:
AP News Marian McPartland debuts symphonic work
11/15/2007: 407 words, approx. 1 pagesMarian McPartland isn't ready to slow down."Retire? Why retire? I've got a job, I'm making money, and I like what I do," says McPartland, host of National Public Radio's "Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz" for nearly 30 years."I can't walk. I'm in miserable pain. But at...
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Silent Spring by Rachel Carson | |
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