Lost Woods: The Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson

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Beacon Press, Sep 15, 1999 - Biography & Autobiography - 288 pages
Discover the previously uncollected works of the author of the environmental classic  Silent Spring—considered one of the best nature writers of the 20th century.

"Lyric, descriptive, informative, and moving."—The New York Times

When Rachel Carson died of cancer in 1964, her four books, including the environmental classic Silent Spring, had made her one of the most famous people in America. This trove of previously uncollected writings is a priceless addition to our knowledge of Rachel Carson, her affinity with the natural world, and her life.
 

Contents

Part One I
1
A National Wildlife Refuge
41
Part Two
51
IO New York HeraldTribune Book and Author Luncheon
76
Part Three III
111
Our EverChanging Shore
113
Four Fragments from Carsons Field Notebooks
125
The Edge of the Sea
133
Part Four
187
Vanishing Americans
189
To Understand Biology Preface to Animal Machines
192
A Fable for Tomorrow
197
Womens National Press Club Speech
201
A New Chapter to Silent Spring
211
Letter to Dr George Crile Jr
223
The Pollution of Our Environment
227

The Real World Around Us
147
Biological Sciences
164
Two letters to Dorothy and Stanley Freeman
168
The Lost Woods A Letter to Curtis and Nellie Lee Bok
172
Clouds
175
Letter to Dorothy Freeman
246
Credits
248
Acknowledgments
251
Index
254
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About the author (1999)

Linda Lear is author of Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

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