Rachel Carson
Publisher: Troll Communications
Published: March 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780816745579
Subjects: Marine biologists; Science & Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography; United States; Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography; Science & Nature - Chemistry; Children: Grades 4-6; Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection; Juvenile literature; Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology; Non-Classifiable; Science writers; Biography; Environmentalists
First sentence: Every spring, clouds of annoying mosquitoes appeared over the marshland, so a plane was sent up to spray a pesticide called DDT.
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