Linda Lear

Introduction to the 40th anniversary edition of
Silent Spring by
Rachel Carson

Carson’s Silent Spring has never been out of print since it was published in 1962 and continues to be the touch-stone of our contemporary struggle to find a balance between nature’s way and the needs of human society.

Now in Paper: Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature.(St.Martin's US, and Allen Lane, UK. New substitle in UK. :The Life of An Extraordinary Victorian Genius.

Natural history
Introduction to "Undersea" by Rachel Carson.
Handbound limited folio edition by Nakawan Press.
Biography
Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature
The first adult biography of the 20th century's most beloved children's writer and illustrator.
Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature.
A definitive portrait of the woman who redefined the way humans look at their place in nature.
Natural History
Introduction to Under the Sea-Wind, by Rachel Carson. Penguin US.
Under the Sea-Wind was Carson's first and personal favorite book.
Anthology
2. Lost Woods: The Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson
An anthology of Rachel Carson’s little-known and unpublished writing - set into the context of her life.
Non-Fiction
3. Introduction to The Sense of Wonder by Rachel Carson
Carson's masterpiece describing the need to develop each individual's sense of wonder
4. Introduction to the 40th anniversary edition of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson.
Essay on the meaning and importance of Silent Spring forty years later.

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A website devoted to the life and work of Rachel Carson
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