Who on Earth Is Rachel Carson?: Mother of the Environmental Movement

by Marty Fletcher

Book Overview

Bold. Pioneering. These adjectives describe Rachel Carson who is one of the most important figures of the twentieth-century environmental movement. The author of the book Silent Spring, Carson exposed the environmental harm done by pesticides and helped lead to restrictions on their use. This biography covers the life and work of Rachel Carson who has been called the mother of the environmental movement.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598451162
• ISBN13: 9781598451160
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 10 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 12