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SILENT SPRING - RACHEL CARSON KARTONIERT (TB)

Rachel Carson's 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. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Lord
Shackleton  a preface by World Wildlife Fund founder Julian Huxley  and an afterword by
Carson's biographer Linda Lear. Now recognized as one of the most influential books of the
twentieth century  Silent Spring exposed the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use
of pesticides. Despite condemnation in the press and heavy-handed attempts by the chemical
industry to ban the book  Rachel Carson succeeded in creating a new public awareness of the
environment which led to changes in government and inspired the ecological movement. It is
thanks to this book  and the help of many environmentalists  that harmful pesticides such as
DDT were banned from use in the US and countries around the world. Rachel Carson (1907-64)
wanted to be a writer for as long as she could remember. Her first book  Under the Sea Wind 
appeared in 1941. Silent Spring  which alerted the world to the dangers of the misuse of
pesticides  was published in 1962. Carson's articles on natural history appeared in the
Atlantic Monthly  the New Yorker  Reader's Digest and Holiday. An ardent ecologist and
preservationist  Carson warned against the dumping of atomic waste at sea and predicted global
warming. If you enjoyed Silent Spring  you might like John Christopher's The Death of Grass 
also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'Carson's books brought ecology into popular
consciousness'Daily Telegraph 'Very few books change the course of history. Those that do
include Silent Spring'Linda Lear  author of Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature

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