On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (620 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307462218 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 520 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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But it was with her fourth book, Silent Spring, that this unassuming biologist transformed our relationship with the natural world. By drawing frightening parallels between dangerous chemicals and the then-pervasive fallout from nuclear testing, Carson opened a fault line between the gentle ideal of conservation and the more urgent new concept of environmentalism. Elegantly written and meticulously researched, On a Farther Shore reveals a shy yet passionate woman more at home in the natural world than in the literary one that embraced her. A New York Times Notable Book of 2012Rachel Carson loved the ocean and wrote three books about its mysteries. This extraordinary new biography captures the essence of one of the great reformers of the twentieth century.. Silent Spring shocked the public and forced the government to take action, despite a withering attack on Carson from the chemicals industry. It awakened the world to the heedless contamination of the environment and eventually led to the establishment of the EPA and to the banning of DDT. It was Carson who sifted through all the e
well researched tribute to Rachel Carson On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson by William Souder is a biography of Silent Spring author Rachel Carson. On a Farther Shore is being published on the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Silent Spring. It seems to me that everyone should know who Rachel Carson is and what Silent Spring was about, but, much to my surprise, that is not the case. With its publication in 1962 Silent Spring exposed the dangers of DDT to the general public and really set into. Great Awakening Not the New York Review of Books If you grew up in the middle decades of the 20th Century (or your parents did or your grandparents did), "On a Farther Shore" will teach you a great deal about the United States of America as it was, before Rachel Carson and her fellow environmental stewards shook us awake to the idea that human beings are capable of poisoning not just ourselves and the other animals around us, but the planet itself.Pay no attention to those who bemoan the side-trips Mr. Souder takes as he places M. David M. said One of the best books I've read in a long time. Ask someone who Rachel Carson was, and if they know anything about her, they will probably know that she was the author of Silent Spring, and little else. On a Farther Shore, goes much deeper. Having read this book from cover to cover, I now know for the first time, who Rachel Carson was as a person. Her dedication and commitment to sound science is truly inspiring. Imagine being a woman in the 1950's battling cancer and at the same time dealing with an avalanche of critics from pro
A New York Times Notable Book of 2012A Slate Staff Pick for 2012One of Kirkus Reviews' Top 25 Nonfiction Books of 2012One of Booklist's Top 10 Science and Health Books of 2012One of Booklist's Top 10 Biographies of 2013"Quietly thrillingSouder treats Carson's personal life sensitivelyBut the real drama involves how her book shaped a new way of understanding our relationship with the earth."—Boston Globe“This is the great strength of On a Farther Shore. Carson, under se
He lives in Grant, Minnesota.. WILLIAM SOUDER is the author of two previous books, A Plague of Frogs and Under a Wild Sky, a biography of John James Audubon that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize