Rachel Carson



Rachel Carson

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born May 27, 1907
died April 14, 1964
gender female
place of birth Springdale, Pennsylvania, United States
genre Outdoors & Nature
influences Her mother, Nature

about this author

Rachel Carson, writer, scientist, and ecologist, grew up simply in the rural river town of Springdale, Pennsylvania. Her mother bequeathed to her a life-long love of nature and the living world that Rachel expressed first as a writer and later as a student of marine biology. Carson graduated from Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham College) in 1929, studied at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, and received her MA in zoology from Johns Hopkins University in 1932.

She was hired by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries to write radio scripts during the Depression and supplemented her income writing feature articles on natural history for the Baltimore Sun. She began a fifteen-year career in the federal service as a scientist and e...more

books by Rachel Carson

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avg rating: 4.02 | 1220 ratings | 12 distinct works
Silent Spring Silent Spring (Paperback)
by Rachel Carson
avg rating 3.97 — 890 ratings — published 2002
29 editions
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The Sense of Wonder The Sense of Wonder (Hardcover)
by Rachel Carson
avg rating 4.59 — 37 ratings — published 1998
4 editions
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The Edge of the Sea The Edge of the Sea (Hardcover)
by Rachel Carson
avg rating 4.47 — 32 ratings — published 1999
2 editions
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The Sea Around Us The Sea Around Us (Hardcover)
by Rachel Carson
avg rating 4.25 — 12 ratings — published 2003
5 editions
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Lost Woods: The Discovered Wri... Lost Woods: The Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson (Paperback)
by Rachel Carson
avg rating 4.11 — 9 ratings — published 1999
2 editions
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Always, Rachel: The Letters of... Always, Rachel: The Letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 1952-1964 - The Story of a Remarkable Friendship (Concord Library)
by Rachel Carson
avg rating 3.86 — 7 ratings — published 1996
2 editions
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Under the Sea Wind Under the Sea Wind (Classic, Nature, Penguin)
by Rachel Carson
avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 1996
4 editions
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Lure of the Sea: Writings and ... Lure of the Sea: Writings and Photographs (Wilderness Experience)
by Rachel Carson, Jack London
avg rating 3.00 — 1 ratings — published 1996
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The Rocky Coast The Rocky Coast (Unknown Binding)
by Rachel Carson, Bob Hines
avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 1971
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The sense of wonder The sense of wonder (Hardcover)
by Rachel Carson
avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 1984
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quotes by Rachel Carson

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"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter."
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"Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter the nature of the world. "
Rachel Carson (Silent Spring)
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"If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in."
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