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Author:

Levine, Ellen.

Title:

Rachel Carson : a twentieth-century life / by Ellen Levine.

Publisher:

Viking,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

224 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Subject:

Carson, Rachel,--1907-1964--Juvenile literature.
Biologists--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Environmentalists--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Carson, Rachel,--1907-1964.
Biologists.
Environmentalists.
Women--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-215) and index.

Contents:

Wild birds and creatures -- Vision splendid -- Adventurous mind -- Roaring seaward, and I go -- Seven-minute fish tales -- Superb indifference -- Field mice for twelve -- Can't stop researching -- She's done it again -- Under the name of civilization -- Reverence for life -- Argument with a woman -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Permissions and acknowledgments -- Index.

Summary:

Discusses author and marine biologist Rachel Carson's efforts to protect the environment, from her childhood nature outings through the impact of her 1962 book, "Silent Spring."

Series:

Up close

ISBN:

9780670062201
0670062200

LCCN:

2007298178

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

54SX745 -- Emmetsburg High School (Emmetsburg)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

90PB522 -- Springmier Community Library (Tiffin)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)