Listening to Crickets: A Story about Rachel CarsonFrom the time she was a very young girl, Rachel Carson felt a bond with nature. Growing up in Pennsylvania, she spent hours exploring meadows and woods, dreaming of seeing the ocean. As Rachel grew older, she combined her gift for writing with her love of nature, producing award-winning books about the sea. But her best-known achievement was the publication of Silent Spring, an account of the dangerous effects of pesticides on plants and animals. With Silent Spring, Rachel helped create a movement to ban these harmful chemicals. Her findings helped to assure that future generations would be able to dream about the ocean and listen to crickets. |
Contents
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A Change of Course | 15 |
The Life of the Sea | 25 |
Life on the Shore | 37 |
Work That Has No End | 49 |
Afterword | 60 |
Books by Rachel Carson | 62 |
| 63 | |
Back Cover | 66 |
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