I performed my research in the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives in the Rachel Carson Collection. The collection is a gift from Connecticut College alumna and author of Rachel ...

Rachel Carson grew up on a small Pennsylvania farm, where she spent hours exploring the outdoors. She always loved books, and when she was young thought she would be a writer. Her first ...

Jenny Price, Plenary, "Stop Saving the Planet!—and Other Tips via Rachel Carson for Twenty-First-Century Environmentalists," RCC Perspectives, Rachel Carseon's Silent Spring: Ecounters and Legacies, 7 ...

Baby boomers will probably remember the sea change in the public’s perspective that occurred in the early 1960s with the publication of Rachel Carson’s powerful book, “Silent ...

(from Silent Spring) Rachel Carson received a letter from a friend ... scientific training, dedication to research, and literary flair. The book starts with a fable of a lovely rural town that ...