Rachel Carson's Silent Spring was first published in three serialized excerpts in the New Yorker in June of 1962. The book appeared in September of that year and the outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson's passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world, and her eloquent book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement. It is without question one of the landmark books of the twentieth century.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 10/22/2002
ISBN: 9780618249060
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.66w x 0.78d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 67632 / Silent Spring
Reading Level: 11.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 19