Rachel Carson
Birth date: May 27, 1907
Died: April 14, 1964
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AcknowledgementsAuthor's NoteIntroduction, by Lord ShackletonPreface, by Julian Huxley, F.R.S.--Silent SpringAfterword, by Linda LearList of Principal SourcesIndex
AcknowledgementsAuthor's NoteIntroduction, by Lord ShackletonPreface, by Julian Huxley, F.R.S.--Silent SpringAfterword, by Linda LearList of Principal SourcesIndex
Very important book, but very... report-like. The writing isn't even bad, it's just the format. Chapter about birds. Birds have been dying here and here and here. Cause turns out to be pesticide. In this case it turned out to be this pesticide, in that case it was that pesticide. Chapter about river...
Rachel Carson's A Sense of Wonder is an apt title. The book is short and concerns a sense of wonder about nature and ways to instill that in a child. Well worth the read!
This book is meant to be read. The words need to be savored, which is hard to do in audiobook form. I'm still getting used to listening to books.....Rachel Carson pleads with adults to remember the sense of wonder we had as children and to share the natural world with the children in our lives. I...
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