Carson spent much of 1958 to 1962 researching and writing the book that would be Silent Spring. She brought a ... In 1969, Congress passed the National Environmental Policy Act and the National ...

Rachel Carson is the author of the best-seller “Silent Spring” and “The Sea Around Us,” which won the National Book Award for nonfiction. She was posthumously awarded the Presidential ...

The 2024 National Book Awards are in the books ... an escaped slave traveling with Huck. Published this spring, James drew rapturous reviews from critics, with the New York Times raving that ...