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Rachel Carson : a twentieth-century life  Cover Image Book Book

Rachel Carson : a twentieth-century life

Levine, Ellen (Author).

Summary: Discusses 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."

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  • ISBN: 9780670062201
  • ISBN: 0670062200
  • Physical Description: 224 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
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  • Publisher: New York : Viking, 2007.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-215) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Wild 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.
Target Audience Note:
011-up.
Subject: Carson, Rachel 1907-1964 Juvenile literature
Carson, Rachel 1907-1964
Biologists United States Biography Juvenile literature
Environmentalists United States Biography Juvenile literature
Biologists
Environmentalists
Women Biography

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Homer Public Library YAB CARSON (Text) 000077952 Teen Corner -- Biography Available -

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