Silent Spring

ISBN-13:	9780618253050
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	10/22/2002
Edition description:	40th Anniversary Edition
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	109,320
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.03(d)
Lexile:	1340L (what's this?)

Rarely does a single book alter the course of history, but Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring did exactly that. The outrcry that followed its publication in 1962 forced the banning of DDT and spurred the revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson’s passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world, and her eloquent book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement. I tis without question one of the landmark books of the twentieth century.