Rachel Carson

Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book Silent Spring (1962) are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental movement...Carson was born on...a family farm near Springdale, Pennsylvania, located by the Allegheny River near Pittsburgh.

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Rachel Carson

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Biography from Wikipedia

Biography from Britannica

Biography from the National Park Service

Biography from the Pennsylvania Center for the Book

Biography from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Journal Articles

A number of the books below are available to read for free through Internet Archive. However, to read them, you must sign up for a free Internet Archive account. Those not available to read online can be borrowed from an Allegheny County public library.

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The Sense of Wonder

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Always, Rachel: The Letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman

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Lost Woods: The Discovered Writings of Rachel Carson

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Selected Books About Rachel Carson

A number of the books below are available to read for free through Internet Archive. However, to read them, you must sign up for a free Internet Archive account. Those not available to read online can be borrowed from an Allegheny County public library.