Rachel Carson: A Biography

Author Arlene R. Quaratiello

Publisher Greenwood Publishing Group

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Author

Arlene R. Quaratiello

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Greenwood Publishing Group

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2004

ISBN13

9780313062179

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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Overview

This biography traces the famous environmentalist's development as a writer from earliest childhood through the publication of her best-known work Silent Spring (1962).
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Recent Titles in Greenwood Biographies.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Copyright Acknowledgments.
Contents.
Series Foreword.
Introduction.
Timeline of Events in the Life of Rachel Carson.
1: Learning and Loving Nature.
2: Seaward She Goes.
3: Making the Sea a "Vivid Reality".
4: Federal Employee "in Action".
5: Writing the Sea Around Us.
6: The Wave of Reaction to the Sea Around Us.
7: Completing the Sea Trilogy.
8: Reaching New Audiences.
9: The Struggle to Write Silent Spring.
10: The Other Road.
11: The Loud Reaction to Silent Spring.
12: The Legacy of Rachel Carson.
Bibliography.
Index.
About the Author.
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