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Newsletter Year: | 2002 |
| Structure: | Paperback | Language: | English |
| UPC: |
0046442249065 |
ISBN: |
9780618249060 |
| EAN: |
0046442249065 |
| Synopsis | |
| Discusses the reckless annihilation of fish and birds by reach of pesticides and warns of the that you simply will almost definitely be in an enviornment to have confidence genetic results on humans. First printed by Houghton Mifflin in 1962, Restful Spring alerted a tall target market to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate consume of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the authorized guidelines affecting our air, land, and water. “Restful Spring became a runaway bestseller, with world reverberations . . . [It is] neatly crafted, courageous and succinct . . . Even if she had not inspired a generation of activists, Carson would prevail as one in every of the greatest nature writers in American letters” (Peter Matthiessen, for Time’s 100 Most Influential Of us of the Century). This fortieth anniversary model celebrates Rachel Carson’s watershed book with a new introduction by the writer and activist Terry Tempest Williams and a new afterword by the acclaimed Rachel Carson biographer Linda Lear, who tells the yarn of Carson’s courageous protection of her truths in the face of ruthless assault from the chemical industry in the twelve months following the publication of Restful Spring and before her untimely loss of life in 1964. Rachel Carson s Restful Spring became first printed in three serialized excerpts in the Current Yorker in June of 1962. The book looked in September of that twelve months and the outcry that adopted its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the authorized guidelines affecting our air, land, and water. Carson s passionate discipline for the long go of our planet reverberated powerfully at some stage on this planet, and her eloquent book became instrumental in launching the environmental scuttle. It is miles without quiz one in every of the landmark books of the 20th century. “ | |
| Product Identifiers | |
| ISBN-10 | 0618249060 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780618249060 |
| eBay Product ID (ePID) | 2327630 |
| Key Little print | |
| Creator | Rachel Carson |
| Number Of Pages | 400 pages |
| Edition Description | Anniversary |
| Structure | Paperback |
| Newsletter Date | 2002-10-22 |
| Language | English |
| Creator | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company |
| Newsletter Year | 2002 |
| Extra Little print | |
| Edition Number | 40 |
| Copyright Date | 2002 |
| Illustrated | Superb |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight | 15.7 Ounces19459027] |
| Height | 0.9 In. |
| Width | 5.5 In. |
| Length | 8.2 In. |
| Target Audience | |
| Community | Alternate |
| Grade From | Ninth Grade |
| Age Vary | 14 – UP |
| Classification Manner | |
| LCCN | 2002-726803 |
| LC Classification Number | QH545.P4C38 2002 |
| Dewey Decimal | 363.73/84 |
| Dewey Edition | 20 |
| Contributors | |
| Afterword by | Edward O. Wilson |
| Introduction by | Linda Lear |
| Desk Of Teach | |
| Contents Acknowledgments viii Introduction by Linda Lear x 1 a delusion for day after as of late 1 2 the responsibility to endure 5 3 elixirs of loss of life 15 4 surface waters and underground seas 39 5 geographical regions of the soil 53 6 earth”s inexperienced mantle 63 7 pointless havoc 85 8 and no birds disclose 103 9 rivers of loss of life 129 10 indiscriminately from the skies 154 11 past the dreams of the borgias 173 12 the human tag 187 13 thru a slim window 199 14 one in each and each four 219 15 nature fights support 245 16 the rumblings of an avalanche 262 17 the opposite freeway 277 List of Most fundamental Sources 301 Afterword by Edward O. Wilson 357 Index 365 | |
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