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Did this book inspire ecoterrorism or a whole generation of environmental advocates that worked to change the system from within?

Christina Not quite (I think anyways) - Edward Abbey was a guy who lived in the southwest desert and did advocate for the environment. However, Silent Spring by…moreNot quite (I think anyways) - Edward Abbey was a guy who lived in the southwest desert and did advocate for the environment. However, Silent Spring by Rachel Carson made waves because it was the first book to really showcase how we are destroying our earth with DDT. Now it seems like old news, but it was easily readable by the public, done by a woman who was teetering on the line of creative writer and scientist, and was published in an accessible way. Hopefully this helps (and also, the entire monkeywrenching handbook is accessible online).

Source: I'm currently in a 1970s America graduate seminar, and in order to understand the eco movement that is in Abbey, we read Carson first. (less)

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