Rachel Carson
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Rachel Carson: Challenging Authors
By Karen F. SteinShe wrote to Brooks that describing all of the creatures in “thumbnail biographies . . . was driving me mad” (Brooks House of Life 160 qtd in Lytle 104). Eventually the structure the book required became clear to her; she would discuss ...
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Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature
By Linda LearPearl, Maud DeWitt, 70 Pearl, Raymond, 64-65, 69, 70, 72, 76, 398, 501nn.24, 25,503n.60 Pearl Harbor bombing (1941), 105 Pearson, Drew, 360, 557n 67 Pearson, James, 454 Peatrie, Donald Culross, 98, 506n.54 pelicans, 465 Pell, Claiborne, ...
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Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature
By Linda J. LearA biography of the environmentalist chronicles her development from biologist and nature writer to muckraker and champion of ecological causes
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Rachel Carson
By Justine Fontes, Ron FontesAn introduction to the life of Rachel Carson, a biologist and author of the book, Silent spring.
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Rachel Carson: Fighting Pesticides and Other Chemical Pollutants
By Patricia LantierPB On her way to Johns Hopkins University , Rachel visited the United States Bureau of Fisheries in Washington , D.C. Elmer Higgins was a supervisor at the bureau . Rachel talked to Mr. Higgins about her plans to become a scientist and ...
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Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature
By Linda LearFifer, "I Remember Rachel," 4. I am indebted to Margaret "Peg" Wooldridge's daughter, Margaret Fifer, for giving me her mother's collections of The Arrow and The EngUcode. Interview with Helen Myers Knox. Stevenson graduated cum laude, ...
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Rachel Carson: The Environmental Movement
By John Henricksson... 37 Under the Sea Wind , 37 - 40 , 50 - 51 University of Maryland , 34 Science , 80 Scientific Book Club , 40 Screw flies , 75 The Sea Around Us , 8 , 45 - 50 , 68 “ Sea - Fever ” ( Masefield ) , 32 Shawn , William , 49 , 70 Sierra ...
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Rachel Carson: A Literary Companion
By Mary Ellen SnodgrassShelley Choi, a South Korean environmentalist, stated the value of the author's weather essays: “By weaving seemingly unrelated incidents and facts into a coherent, science-based narrative, Carson allowed the public to easily grasp the ...
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Rachel Carson: Renowned Marine Biologist and Environmentalist
By Gina Dal Fuoco... along with Edward O. Wilson, wrote The Theory of Island Biogeography, which marked the beginning of biogeography, a branch of environmental science that focuses on stable ecological systems Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834) British ...
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Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature
By Linda LearPrivate Lives : Men and Women of the Fifties . New York : Franklin Watts , 1986 . Elder , John . Imagining the Earth . Urbana : University of Illinois Press , 1985 . Elton , Charles S. The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants .
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Rachel Carson: Pioneer of Ecology
By Kathleen V. KudlinskiA biography of the marine biologist and author whose writings stressed the interrelation of all living things and the dependence of human welfare on natural processes
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Rachel Carson: A Twentieth-century Life
By Ellen S. LevinePresents the life and accomplishments of the American biologist, whose influential work, "The Silent Spring," about the danger of pesticides had a significant impact on the environmental movement of the 1960s.
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Rachel Carson: A Literary Companion
By Mary Ellen SnodgrassRachel Carson was a marine biologist credited with the founding of the ecology movement and the rise in ecofeminism.
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Rachel Carson: Legacy and Challenge
HighwoodN. P. presents a profile of American biologist and author Rachel Louise Carson (1907-1964) as part of the GirlSite resource. The resource also offers access to additional information.
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Rachel Carson
By Mary A. McCayOne of the preeminent naturalist writers of the twentieth century, Rachel Carson was widely praised for her coupling of scientific acumen with a lyrical prose style. Her trilogy of books...
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Rachel Carson
By Anita Croy" This fascinating biography details the life and achievements of Rachel Carson, a scientist who made significant contributions to the field of biology.
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Rachel Carson: A Biography
By Arlene Rodda QuaratielloThis work provides an up-to-date biography of Rachel Carson, a writer and scientist who greatly influenced the modern environmental movement.
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Rachel Carson: Pioneering Environmental Activist
By Kristina Lyn HeitkampScientists and the government all considered DDT safe, until a thoughtful and brave woman dared to question the indiscriminate and excess use of the synthetic chemical. Rachel Carson was a writer and marine biologist.
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Rachel Carson: Preserving a Sense of Wonder
By Joseph Bruchac, Thomas LockerA biography of Rachel Carson interspersed with her own memorable quotes.
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Rachel Carson: Pioneer of Ecology
By Kathleen V. KudlinskiMore than a history lesson, these books offer carefully documented life stories that will inform, inspire, and engage.