Silent spring / by Rachel Carson ; drawings by Lois and Louis Darling.
"An important, controversial account...of the way in which man's use of poisons to control insect pests and unwanted vegetation is changing the balance of nature." Booklist.
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- Physical Description: x, 368 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin ; 1962.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "First printing"-- T.p. verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-355) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | A fable for tomorrow -- The obligation to endure -- Elixirs of death -- Surface waters and underground seas -- Realms of the soil -- Earth's green mantle -- Needless havoc -- And no birds sing -- Rivers of death -- Indiscriminately from the skies -- Beyond the dreams of the Borgias -- The human price -- Through a narrow window -- One in every four -- Nature fights back -- Rumblings of an avalanche -- Other road. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 11.5 19 67632. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also issued online. |
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