This fortieth anniversary edition celebrates Rachel Carson's watershed book with a new introduction by the author and activist Terry Tempest Williams and a new afterword by the acclaimed Rachel Carson biographer Linda Lear, who tells the story of Carson's courageous defense of her truths in the face of ruthless assault from the chemical industry in the year following the publication of Silent Spring and before her untimely death in 1964.

Even if she had not inspired a generation of activists, Carson would prevail as one of the greatest nature writers in American letters' (Peter Matthiessen, for Time's 100 Most Influential People of the Century). Carsons research on the effect of insecticides (specifically DDT) on. In 1957, the United States Department of Agriculture decided there was a fire ant problem. 'Silent Spring became a runaway bestseller, with international reverberations. The book Silent Spring by biologist and nature writer Rachel Carson was published in 1962. Silent Spring, her book, quickly became a trademark of environmental activism, paving the way for the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and a plethora of other modern-day protections. No other book has so strongly influenced the environmental conscience of Americans and the world at large. First published by Houghton Mifflin in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. First published in 1962, Silent Spring can singlehandedly be credited with sounding the alarm and raising awareness of humankinds collective impact on its own future through chemical pollution. First published by Houghton Mifflin in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of.

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