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Born in1907 Rachel Carson, biologist, graduated from Johns Hopkins Univeristy with a Masters Degree. She worked for a time at Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory on Cape Cod, as well as the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, where she retired as a Biologist and Chief Editor in 1952. She wrote important works on the use of chemicals for agriculture that were maligned by chemical companies. Her influence in environmental topics served as a catalyst for the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. She died in 1964. (G.Young--Environmental Encyclopedia 1998)

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Always, Rachel : the Letters of Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, 1952-1964
Por and Gor Stacks QH31.C33 A4 1995

The Edge of the Sea (1955)
Por Stacks QH91 .C3

Lost Woods : the Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson
Lew Stacks QH81 .C3546 1998

The Sea Around Us (1951)
Gor Stacks GC21.C3 1966

The House of Life : Rachel Carson at Work
Gor Stacks QH31.C33 B7

Sense of Wonder
Por Stacks QH51 .C35

Silent Spring
Gor Stacks SB959 .C3
Por Stacks QH545.P4 C38 1962
Lew Stacks QH545.P4 C38 1994

Under the Sea Wind: A Naturalists Picture of Ocean Life
Por Stacks QH92 .C3 1967

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