Linda Lear

Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature.

An inspired life of an inspiring crusader. A definitive biography of Carson, competent, careful and comprehensive.

“The definitive biography of one of the most important Americans of the twentieth century.”
-Edward O Wilson, Harvard University


”It was inevitable that a real biographer would come along and test Carson’s saintly reputation for feet of clay. Linda Lear has done exactly that with her exhaustively researched, crisply writing Witness for Nature, and Carson has passed the test.
-David Rains Wallace, Los Angeles Times, 9/​21/​97

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An anthology of Rachel Carson’s little-known and unpublished writing - set into the context of her life.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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