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Glimm, Adele

 
9780071357425: Rachel Carson: Protecting Our Earth (Ideas on Trial)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0071357424 ISBN 13: 9780071357425
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 2000

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Traces the life of the environmentalist and describes her passion for science and marine biology, her concern for the environment, and her struggles for identity as a female scientist.

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The Bank Street College of Education, often called "America's most trusted name in early childhood education," is a private institution with a public mission--to make learning meaningful for all children. From its origins as the Bureau of Education Experiments to its current configuration as the Bureau of Education Experiments to its current configuration as a multifaceted learning community, Bank Street has been making its mark as a leader for child-centered education since 1916.Adele Glimm lives in New York City. In addition to biographies, she writes short stories and articles. Adele Glimm lives in New York City. In addition to biographies, she writes short stories and articles.

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How One Woman's Brave Crusade Resulted in the Beginning of the Environmental Movement. In 1962, Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, told people for the first time how the overuse of chemical pesticides was poisoning the environment. As a result, she wrote, not only human beings but all other living creatures were in danger. No one had ever heard of anything like this before. Many people believed the book's message and called for change. Many others opposed it - especially powerful chemical companies, farmers, and even many members of Congress. The battle raged on in the newspapers, magazines, television, and in Congress - RAchel even testified before a commission. She won the fight and Congress passed the very first law to protect our environment. Rachel's concern for the environment had been with her all her life. Growing up in the country, she helped care for chickens, rabbits, and pigs, and pet cats and dogs. To her, everything in nature was a miracle to be treasured and studied. Rachel also had a passion for books. She wrote her first one, abut animals, at the age of seven. By ten, she was publishing stories in a children's magazine. These early passions led her to a career first as a biologist, and then as a famous writer of books about the sea, the seashore, and the whole natural world. In Rachel Carson: Protecting Our Earth, biographer Adele Glimm takes us on an exciting journey that celebrates one of the twentieth century's greatest heroines - a woman who helped make the earth a safer place for every one of us and for every living thing.

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Verlag
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
Erscheinungsdatum
2000
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0071357424
ISBN 13 
9780071357425
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
124
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