Rachel Carson
Subtitle: caring for the earth
By: by Elizabeth Ring.
Series: A Gateway green biography
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Brookfield, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 -- Juvenile literature.; Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.; Biologists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Science writers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Conservationists.; Biologists.; Science writers.; Women -- Biography.
Description: A biography of the biologist focusing on her childhood in Pennsylvania, her growing interest as an adult in environmental concerns, and the importance of her book "Silent Spring" in exposing the environmental harm done by pesticides.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 45) and index.