Carson, Rachel   1907-1964  <br/><br/>
Silent spring / 
Rachel Carson ; introduction by Linda Lear ; afterword by Edward O. Wilson ; [drawings by Lois and Louis Darling]. 
 - 40th anniversary ed., 1st Mariner Books ed. 
 - Boston :  Houghton Mifflin,  2002. 
 - xix, 378 pages :  illustrations ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> "A Mariner book." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-355) and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents<br/>Acknowledgments viii<br/>Introduction by Linda Lear x<br/>1 a fable for tomorrow 1<br/>2 the obligation to endure 5<br/>3 elixirs of death 15<br/>4 surface waters and underground seas 39<br/>5 realms of the soil 53<br/>6 earth’s green mantle 63<br/>7 needless havoc 85<br/>8 and no birds sing 103<br/>9 rivers of death 129<br/>10 indiscriminately from the skies 154<br/>11 beyond the dreams of the borgias 173<br/>12 the human price 187<br/>13 through a narrow window 199<br/>14 one in every four 219<br/>15 nature fights back 245<br/>16 the rumblings of an avalanche 262<br/>17 the other road 277<br/>List of Principal Sources 301<br/>Afterword by Edward O. Wilson 357<br/>Index 365 
<br/><br/> This fortieth anniversary edition celebrates Rachel Carson's watershed book with new essays by the author and scientist Edward O. Wilson and biographer Linda Lear, who tells the story of Carson's courageous defense of her truths in the face of ruthless assault from the chemical industry in 1963, the year following the publication of Silent Spring and before her untimely death. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>061825305X 9780618253050 0618249060 (pbk.) 9780618249060 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pesticides--Environmental aspects.<br/>Pesticides--Toxicology.<br/>Pesticides and wildlife.<br/>Insect pests--Biological control.<br/>Plaguicidas --Aspectos ambientales <br/>Plaguicidas --Toxicología <br/>Control de insectos <br/>Manejo de plaguicidas 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH 545  / C321s 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.738/4