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Rachel L. Carson(1907-1964)

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Rachel L. Carson
The story of our growing awareness and understanding of the environmental crisis and emergence, during the 1960's and '70's, of popular movement to confront it.
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Rachel L. Carson was born on 27 May 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a writer, known for The Sea Around Us (1953), Omnibus (1952) and The Sense of Wonder (2001). She died on 14 April 1964 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
BornMay 27, 1907
DiedApril 14, 1964(56)
BornMay 27, 1907
DiedApril 14, 1964(56)
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Known for

The Sea Around Us (1953)
The Sea Around Us
6.1
  • Writer
  • 1953
Omnibus (1952)
Omnibus
8.2
TV Series
  • Writer(segment "Something about the Sky")
The Sense of Wonder (2001)
The Sense of Wonder
  • Writer(as Rachel Carson)
  • 2001
Interview mit der Zeit
TV Series
  • Writer

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  • A Sense of Wonder (2008)
    A Sense of Wonder
    8.3
    Video
    • based on the life and writings of (as Rachel Carson)
    • 2008
  • The Sense of Wonder (2001)
    The Sense of Wonder
    • book "The Sense of Wonder" (as Rachel Carson)
    • 2001
  • Interview mit der Zeit
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1965
  • Omnibus (1952)
    Omnibus
    8.2
    TV Series
    • writer (segment "Something about the Sky")
    • 1956
  • The Sea Around Us (1953)
    The Sea Around Us
    6.1
    • based on the book by
    • 1953

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    • Rachel Carson
  • Born
    • May 27, 1907
    • Springdale, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • April 14, 1964
    • Silver Spring, Maryland, USA(breast cancer)
  • Other works
    Novel: Under the Sea Wind, The Sea Around Us (1953), The Edge of the Sea and Silent Spring (the latter warned against pesticides).
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    • 2 Print Biographies

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    "Silent Spring" is her most famous book (which argued against the use of pesticides).
  • Quotes
    Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where once they were filled with the beauty of bird song. [on the effect of chemical insecticides and fertilizers, 1962]

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