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Using unpublished sources and interviews, Linda Lear offers an in‑depth look at Rachel Carson’s journey from a young marine biologist—an uncommon role for women in academia—to a leading science writer. The book examines how Carson’s early encounters with industrial pollution and the looming threat of global extinction during the early Cold War shaped her determination to protect nature. Lear details Carson’s career as a government scientist and editor, her evolution of views on synthetic pesticides, and her transformation of government research into accessible public works like *The Sea Around Us*. The biography highlights Carson’s role in forging a powerful environmental movement that altered American history.
First publish date: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Linda J. Lear
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