Lost Woods: The Discovered Writings of Rachel CarsonĪnthology of Carson’s unpublished writings. Lytle attempts to answer why, after so many consider Carson’s warnings prophetic, others still reinvigorate controversy over Silent Spring. Lytle recaps the professional and personal side of Rachel Carson (covered in depth by Brooks and Lear, above), and extends the subject to Rachel Carson’s impact on the environmental movement. In this fascinating ecological biography by environmental historian Mark Lytle, Carson’s life is separated into four chapters according to seasons: spring, summer, fall and winter each focusing on genesis, gestation and publication of Carson’s four books. The Gentle Subversive (New Narratives in American History)
This wonderful anthology includes excerpts from Rachel’s writings, from her youth, her best-selling ocean trilogy, Silent Spring, and other works – her weather documentary that talked about the impact of industrialization on our weather back in the 1950s, her philosophy of animal treatment in a UK-published biology textbook, to her letters, speeches and testimony. Lost Woods: The Discovered Writings of Rachel Carson by Linda Lear A veritable biography, based on significant research and voluminous sources. This book complements and extends Brooks’ professional side of Carson with a personal side. But from her personal and professional correspondence, from speeches and interviews, and from the recollections of her closest friends, it has been possible to depict her career to a large extent in her own words.” – from frontispieceĪwarded the best book on women in science by the History of Science Society, 1998. “The first book to be based on Rachel Carson’s papers, The House of Life is at once a literary biography and a reader (with excerpts from her writings).Ī very private person, Rachel Carson,…left no formal statemnt about her life and work. If you decide to purchase online through, please remember to start at “” and select the Rachel Carson Homestead so a portion of your purchase (no extra cost to you) benefits the RCHA.īrooks was Carson’s editor, knew her achievements as well as her early struggles, disappointments her her triumphs. Most are available at your local library. The following is a list of several of the books available about Rachel Carson.
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