Will I love Rachel Carson?

This is the story of someone who was willing to take an unorthodox and brave stand even though she knew she would be widely ridiculed and demeaned. Rachel Carson can be considered one of the first environmentalists in this country. She was one of the first to take on an entire industry when she pointed out the widespread dangers of pesticides and other commonly used chemicals considered at the time to be safe. Carson was a woman of great determination and vision and someone who has been lost to history to some degree.

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This book on how Rachel Carson researched and wrote Silent Spring is a compelling back story of how she uncovered the evidence of the impacts of pesticides and nearly singlehandedly ignited the environmental movement.

Silent Spring remains an important book to read and understand the relationship between birds and the altered environment that is undoing so many species.

We list this biography by Linda Leer because it captures what Carson was up against in her pursuit. That includes an enormously difficult scientific study, vicious personal opposition from the pharmaceutical companies that ridiculed and vilified her, and Carson’s own deteriorating health… show more.