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Silent Spring

by Rachel Carson · 1962

Nature & Environment · ranked #1 in category

Reviewed by the Book Verdict editorial team

The book that exposed the cost of pesticides and helped launch the environmental movement; calm and devastating.

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The verdict

Category
Nature & Environment
First published
1962 · 1960s
Author
Rachel Carson
Standing
Editor's Choice

About Nature & Environment

Nature writing ranges from lyrical observation to urgent ecological argument. The best of it makes you see the natural world more clearly — and care about what is happening to it.

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