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Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature
by Lear, Linda
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0805034277
- ISBN 13
- 9780805034271
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A: Henry Holt & Co, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Ex-Library Rachel Carson, 1907-1964, the courageous ecologist and nature writer whose book "The Silent Spring" began a movement that transformed the way we understand our living world and our relationship to it. First Edition. Hardcover Retired Library Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Binding of grey half cloth gilt titled on spine, with blue paper-covered boards, very clean and unmarked, can't see any wear under attached jacket. Sewn binding tight and solid. Library markings limited to stamps on endpaper and small blue stamp on text block edges. Internals quite clean, no markings on text pages of any kind, Large heavy book, square, sharp corners. Frontis: photograph of Rachel Carson. 32 plates consisting of 66 photographic illustrations of Carson, her family, friends, and associates, and events surrounding her life. 634 pages with Afterword, Abbreviations Code, Chapter Notes, Bibliography, and Index. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. 1997, Henry Holt & Co., New York, New York, U.S.A.
Synopsis
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, published in 1962, did more than any other single publication to alert the world to the hazards of environmental poisoning and to inspire a powerful social movement that would alter the course of American history. This definitive, sweeping biography shows the origins of Carson's fierce dedication to natural science--and tells the dramatic story of how Carson, already a famous nature writer, became a brillant if reluctant reformer. Drawing on unprecendented access to sources and interviews, Lear masterfully explores the roots of Carson's powerful connection to the natural world, crafting a " fine portrait of the environmentalist as a human being" (Smithsonian).
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 023414
- Title
- Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature
- Author
- Lear, Linda
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0805034277
- ISBN 13
- 9780805034271
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY, CARSON, RACHEL, 1907-1964 NATURE BIOLOGISTS ENVIRONMENTALISTS SCIENCE WRITERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography. Autobiography;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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