1963, Library of Congress
Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
Silent SpringHoughton Mifflin: New York, 1962
Rachel Carson, an American scientist, indicted the government as well as the chemical and agricultural industries for their indiscriminate use of pesticides which caused permanent damage to our environment and could possibly threaten us with extinction. Its publication resulted in President Kennedy requesting an investigation into the issues it raised and the 1963 report of the special panel of the President's Science Advisory Committee supported Carson's conclusions. A reviewer for the Christian Science Monitor, writing about Silent Spring said, "Miss Carson has undeniably sketched a one-sided picture. But her distortion is akin to that of the painter who exaggerates to focus attention on essentials. It is not the half-truth of the propagandist."
Sources:
"Rachel Louise Carson." Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2000.
Linda J. Lear. "Carson, Rachel Louise." American National Biography. Edited by John A. Garraty, Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
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