num_pages: 304
description: Silent Spring is the history-making bestseller that stunned the world with its terrifying revelations about our contaminated planet. No science-fiction nightmare can equal the power of this authentic and chilling portrait of the unseen destroyers which have already begun to change the shape of life as we know it.Three reasons to read Silent Spring:1. This book, first published in 1962, launched the modern environmental movement. It also earned Carson, a modest marine biologist, a slot on Time's 100 Most Influential People of the Century list.2. It's a great read. Calling Silent Spring "well crafted, fearless and succinct," Peter Matthiessen said of its author: "Even if she had not inspired a generation of activists, Carson would prevail as one of the greatest nature writers in American letters."3. Carson's lucid, almost lyrical expose of the indiscriminate use of pesticides is still relevant.
language: English
title: Silent Spring
titlecomplete: Silent Spring
genres: Ecology, Nature, Politics, Environment, Biology, Science, Nonfiction, Classics, Sustainability, History
ratings_count: 46091
awards: awardedAt: -220896000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Fawcett Publications, Inc.