Even Peanuts celebrated Carson. In one comic strip, Lucy excitedly shows off her new baseball bat to Charlie Brown, who asks whose name is on it: “Mickey Mantle? Willie Mays?” “It must be a girl’s bat,” says Lucy. “It says ‘Rachel Carson.’ ” In another, Lucy quotes geological facts from Carson’s books to an exasperated Schroeder: “Rachel Carson! Rachel Carson! You’re always talking about Rachel Carson!” Lucy fires back: “We girls need our heroines!” Having received more congratulatory calls from friends after the Peanuts nod than after her National Book Award, Carson joked: “I’ve found that
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