num_pages: 320
description: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, published in 1962, did more than any other single publication to alert the world to the hazards of environmental poisoning and to inspire a powerful social movement that would alter the course of American history. This definitive, long-overdue biography shows how Carson, already a famous nature writer, became a reluctant reformer. It is a compelling portrait of the determined woman behind the publicly shy but brilliant scientist and writer.
language: English
title: Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature
titlecomplete: Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature
characters: Rachel Carson
genres: Biology, Environment, Ecology, Biography, Science, Womens, Natural History, Nature, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 234
publisher: Holt Paperbacks