Who Was Rachel Carson?
Editorial Penguin USA
Fecha de edición marzo 2020 · Edición nº 1
Idioma inglés
EAN 9780448479590
112 páginas
Libro
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Resumen del libro
Though she grew up in rural Pennsylvania, Rachel Carson dreamed of the sea. In 1936 she began work with the Bureau of Fisheries and soon after publishedUnder the Sea Wind, her first of many nature books. Her 1962 bestseller,Silent Spring, sent shockwaves through the country and warned of the dangers of DDT and other pesticides.
A pioneering environmentalist, Rachel Carson helped awaken the global consciousness for conservation and preservation.
