| Edition |
[Library edition], unabridged. |
| Description |
12 audio discs (approximately 15 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Read by David Drummond. |
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Compact discs. |
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Duration: 15:30:00. |
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"Tracks Every 3 Minutes." |
| Summary |
Rachel Carson, founder of the modern environmental movement, began work on her seminal book Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT. Effective against crop pests as well as insects that transmitted human diseases such as typhus and malaria, DDT had at first appeared safe. But as its use expanded, alarming reports surfaced of collateral damage to fish, birds, and other wildlife. Silent Spring was a chilling indictment of DDT and its effects, and it shocked the public and forced the government to take action--despite a withering attack on Carson from the chemicals industry. The book awakened the world to the heedless contamination of the environment and eventually led to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and to the banning of DDT and a host of related pesticides. |
| Performer |
Read by David Drummond. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.
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Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964. Silent spring.
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Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 -- Influence.
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Marine biologists -- United States -- Biography.
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Naturalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Science writers -- United States -- Biography.
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Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- History.
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Environmentalism -- United States -- History.
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Environmental ethics -- United States -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Drummond, David (Narrator)
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Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9781470826635 |
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1470826631 |
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9781470826642: $32.95 |
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147082664X |
| Music No. |
Z7185 Blackstone Audio |
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