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On a farther shore : the life and legacy of Rachel Carson, William Souder

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Published on the fiftieth anniversary of her seminal book, Silent Spring, here is an indelible new portrait of Rachel Carson, founder of the environmental movement. She loved the ocean and wrote three books about its mysteries, including the international bestseller The sea around us. But it was with her fourth book, Silent Spring, that this unassuming biologist transformed our relationship with the natural world. Rachel Carson began work on Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT, whose inventor had won a Nobel Prize for its discovery. Effective against crop pests as well as insects that transmitted human diseases such as typhus and malaria, DDT had at first appeared safe. But as its use expanded, alarming reports surfaced of collateral damage to fish, birds, and other wildlife. Silent Spring was a chilling indictment of DDT and its effects, which were lasting, widespread, and lethal. Published in 1962, Silent Spring shocked the public and forced the government to take action-despite a withering attack on Carson from the chemicals industry. The book awakened the world to the heedless contamination of the environment and eventually led to the establishment of the EPA and to the banning of DDT and a host of related pesticides. By drawing frightening parallels between dangerous chemicals and the then-pervasive fallout from nuclear testing, Carson opened a fault line between the gentle ideal of conservation and the more urgent new concept of environmentalism
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
496 p., [8] p. of plates
Contents
  • Part One. Water World
  • Miss Carson's Book
  • Bright as the Mid-day Sun
  • Biologizing
  • The English Connection and the Ocean Deep
  • This Beautiful and Sublime World
  • Author Triumphant
  • Part Two. Silent Spring
  • Dorothy
  • The Enduring Sea
  • Earth on Fire
  • Collateral Damage
  • High Tides and Low
  • Epilogue
Isbn
9780307462206
Instance
Label
On a farther shore : the life and legacy of Rachel Carson
Title
On a farther shore
Title remainder
the life and legacy of Rachel Carson
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William Souder
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Published on the fiftieth anniversary of her seminal book, Silent Spring, here is an indelible new portrait of Rachel Carson, founder of the environmental movement. She loved the ocean and wrote three books about its mysteries, including the international bestseller The sea around us. But it was with her fourth book, Silent Spring, that this unassuming biologist transformed our relationship with the natural world. Rachel Carson began work on Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT, whose inventor had won a Nobel Prize for its discovery. Effective against crop pests as well as insects that transmitted human diseases such as typhus and malaria, DDT had at first appeared safe. But as its use expanded, alarming reports surfaced of collateral damage to fish, birds, and other wildlife. Silent Spring was a chilling indictment of DDT and its effects, which were lasting, widespread, and lethal. Published in 1962, Silent Spring shocked the public and forced the government to take action-despite a withering attack on Carson from the chemicals industry. The book awakened the world to the heedless contamination of the environment and eventually led to the establishment of the EPA and to the banning of DDT and a host of related pesticides. By drawing frightening parallels between dangerous chemicals and the then-pervasive fallout from nuclear testing, Carson opened a fault line between the gentle ideal of conservation and the more urgent new concept of environmentalism
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Tone
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Award
New York Times Notable Book, 2012.
Biography type
individual biography
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10144312
Cataloging source
DLC
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1949-
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Souder, William
Dewey number
570.9
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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True
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  • Carson, Rachel
  • Carson, Rachel
  • Carson, Rachel
  • Marine biologists
  • Naturalists
  • Environmentalists
  • Science writers
  • Pesticides
  • Environmentalism
  • Environmental ethics
Target audience
adult
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
the life and legacy of Rachel Carson
Label
On a farther shore : the life and legacy of Rachel Carson, William Souder
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Part One. Water World -- Miss Carson's Book -- Bright as the Mid-day Sun -- Biologizing -- The English Connection and the Ocean Deep -- This Beautiful and Sublime World -- Author Triumphant -- Part Two. Silent Spring -- Dorothy -- The Enduring Sea -- Earth on Fire -- Collateral Damage -- High Tides and Low -- Epilogue
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
496 p., [8] p. of plates
Form of item
regular print reproduction
Isbn
9780307462206
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Lccn
2012003077
Other physical details
ill., ports.
System control number
  • (Sirsi) a757181
  • (OCoLC)769424501
Label
On a farther shore : the life and legacy of Rachel Carson, William Souder
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Part One. Water World -- Miss Carson's Book -- Bright as the Mid-day Sun -- Biologizing -- The English Connection and the Ocean Deep -- This Beautiful and Sublime World -- Author Triumphant -- Part Two. Silent Spring -- Dorothy -- The Enduring Sea -- Earth on Fire -- Collateral Damage -- High Tides and Low -- Epilogue
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
496 p., [8] p. of plates
Form of item
regular print reproduction
Isbn
9780307462206
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Lccn
2012003077
Other physical details
ill., ports.
System control number
  • (Sirsi) a757181
  • (OCoLC)769424501

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