Silent Spring
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962. First edition. Fine/Very Good +. A bright, Fine copy in Very Good+ dust jacket. Top edge yellow. Unclipped dust jacket bright and fresh with two open tears to top edge of front panel and bottom edge of back panel, not affecting legibility or design, and a bit of edgewear. A very attractive copy of Rachel Carson's pivotal work of modern environmentalism.
"A marine biologist and nature writer, Rachel Carson catalyzed the global environmental movement with her 1962 book Silent Spring. Outlining the dangers of chemical pesticides, the book led to a nationwide ban on DDT...and ultimately led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)" (National Women's History Museum).
As a result of her work to prevent destruction of ecosystems and to curb the dangers pesticides posed to the health of human communities, Carson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Silent Spring remains an influential text, and it appears in the Modern Library List of Best 20th Century Nonfiction and Discover Magazine's 25 Greatest Scientific Books of All Time. Fine in Very Good + dust jacket.
"A marine biologist and nature writer, Rachel Carson catalyzed the global environmental movement with her 1962 book Silent Spring. Outlining the dangers of chemical pesticides, the book led to a nationwide ban on DDT...and ultimately led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)" (National Women's History Museum).
As a result of her work to prevent destruction of ecosystems and to curb the dangers pesticides posed to the health of human communities, Carson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Silent Spring remains an influential text, and it appears in the Modern Library List of Best 20th Century Nonfiction and Discover Magazine's 25 Greatest Scientific Books of All Time. Fine in Very Good + dust jacket.
Details
Title
Silent Spring
Author
Carson, Rachel
Condition
Near Fine
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin: Boston
Date
1962
Edition
First edition