Silent SpringFirst published by Houghton Mifflin in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. "Silent Spring became a runaway bestseller, with international reverberations . . . [It is] well crafted, fearless and succinct . . . Even if she had not inspired a generation of activists, Carson would prevail as one of the greatest nature writers in American letters" (Peter Matthiessen, for Time's 100 Most Influential People of the Century). |
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Contents
A FABLE FOR TOMORROW | 1 |
THE OBLIGATION TO ENDURE | 5 |
ELIXIRS OF DEATH | 15 |
SURFACE WATERS AND UNDERGROUND SEAS | 39 |
REALMS OF THE SOIL | 53 |
EARTHS GREEN MANTLE | 63 |
NEEDLESS HAVOC | 85 |
AND NO BIRDS SING | 103 |
THE HUMAN PRICE | 187 |
THROUGH A NARROW WINDOW | 199 |
ONE IN EVERY FOUR | 219 |
NATURE FIGHTS BACK | 245 |
THE RUMBLINGS OF AN AVALANCHE | 262 |
THE OTHER ROAD | 277 |
List of Principal Sources | 301 |
Afterword | 357 |