{"product_id":"silent-spring-paperback","title":"Silent Spring - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachel Carson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE CLASSIC THAT LAUNCHED THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Rachel Carson is a pivotal figure of the twentieth century...people who thought one way before her essential 1962 book \u003cem\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/em\u003e thought another way after it.\"--Margaret Atwood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRarely does a single book alter the course of history, but Rachel Carson's \u003cem\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/em\u003e did exactly that. The outcry that followed its publication in 1962 forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson's passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world. As Carson reminds us, \"In nature, nothing exists alone.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe introduction by the acclaimed biographer Linda Lear, author of \u003cem\u003eRachel Carson: Witness for Nature\u003c\/em\u003e, tells the story of Carson's courageous defense of her truths in the face of a ruthless assault form the chemical industry following the publication of \u003cem\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/em\u003e and before her untimely death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wonder and humility are just some of the gifts of \u003cem\u003eSilent Spring.\u003c\/em\u003e They remind us that we, like all other living creatures, are part of the vast ecosystems of the earth of the earth...this is a book to relish: not for the dark side of human nature, but for the promise of life's possibility.\" --from the Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRACHEL CARSON, 1907-1964, spent a good deal of her professional life as a marine biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Her first three books -- \u003ci\u003eUnder the Sea-Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea Around Us\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Edge of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e -- established her reputation as a first-rate writer on the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Silent Spring\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 19\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52555980079397,"sku":"9780618249060","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2487\/2485\/files\/PCN2tdNLXY9780618249060.webp?v=1781362952","url":"https:\/\/c4lhome.com\/products\/silent-spring-paperback","provider":" Companion for Life Five Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}