Rachel Carson
Subtitle: Friend of the Earth (Easy Biographies)
Contributors: Yoshi Miyake (Illustrator)
Publisher: Troll Communications
Published: November 1992
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780816728220
Subjects: Marine biologists; Environmentalists; Biography/Autobiography; Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography; United States; Science writers; Juvenile literature; Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology; Biography
First sentence: Every spring, clouds of annoying mosquitoes appeared over the marshland, so a plane was sent up to spray a pesticide called DDT.