Books on Silent Spring

Robert Pos, photographer. *Rachel Carson with Bob Hines Conducts Marine Biology Research.* 1952. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. USFWS National Digital Library.

Published in 1962, the impact of Rachel Carson’s seminal book Silent Spring is still felt today as our awareness of environmental contaminants continues to grow.

The books included on this page provide insight into Silent Spring from various authors and viewpoints. Ranging in format from poetry to a conference proceeding, they demonstrate Carson's immense and continuing influence in the area of science and environmental writing.

The following materials include links to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to digital content are included when available.

Selected Titles on Carson's Silent Spring

And No Birds Sing by Craig Waddell
Call Number: QH545.P4 C3833 2000
ISBN: 0809322188
Published/Created: 2000
The author presents essays investigating Rachel Carson’ s influential 1962 book, Silent Spring
The Recurring Silent Spring by Patricia H. Hynes
Call Number: QH545.P4 H96 1989
ISBN: 0080371175
Published/Created: 1989
This book reveals the current chemical, and now genetic, warfare going on in agriculture and biotechnology that is shaping how the government, industry and science are each taking part in death-dealing behavior-allowing the depletion of our environment and our health
Silent Spring by Alex MacGillivray
Call Number: QH545.P4 C3836 2004
ISBN: 0764128671
Published/Created: 2004
The authors book focused especially on the harmful effects of DDT, while on a broader level it also questioned the domination of our culture by modern technology.
Silent spring : the View from 1987 by Shirley A. Briggs
Call Number: SB950.2.A1 B75 1987
Published/Created: 1987
Issued in the 25th anniversary year of the publishing of Rachel Carson's Silent spring
Silent Spring Revisited by Gino J. Marco
Call Number: QH545.P4 S55 1987
ISBN: 0841209804
Published/Created: 1987
Based on a symposium on the topics posed in Rachel Carson's Silent spring, held in Philadelphia, Aug. 1984.
Since Silent Spring by Frank Graham
Call Number: QH75 .G68
Published/Created: 1970
The author describes the background of a remarkable woman and scientist, the genesis of her book, and her reaction to the great controversy. He goes on to tell how the pesticide question stands today. He reports the mounting evidence, worldwide, that confirms the dangers Rachel Carson saw - and the essential questions which still have not been studied.
Understanding Rachel Carson's Silent Spring by Alex MacGillivray
Call Number: QH545.P4 C3837 2011
ISBN: 9781448816705
Published/Created: 2010
Written at a time when science writing and literature didn't mesh and when people didn't care or think about the environment, pollutants, or preserving natural resources, Silent Spring not only exposed the dangers of pesticides but became one of the most influential manifestos on environmental issues.
What a Book Can Do by Priscilla Murphy
Call Number: QH545.P4 M87 2005 CABIN BRANCH
ISBN: 1558494766
Published/Created: 2005
The author explores the importance of the book Silent Spring for the author, her editors and publishers, her detractors, the media, and the public at large.
Wild Reckoning by John Burnside
Call Number: PR1195.N3 W55 2004 OVERFLOWJ34
ISBN: 1903080002
Published/Created: 2004
Seventeen of these poems were commissioned by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation to mark the fortieth anniversary of the publication of Silent Spring.

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