Silent Spring
( By Rachel Carson )
- “I recommend SILENT SPRING above all other books .” --- N. J. Berrill author of MAN’S
EMERGING MIND
- "Certain to be his tory-making in its influence upon thought and public policy all over the
worl d." --Book- of-the- Month Club News
- "Mis s Cars on is a scientis t and is not given to tos s ing s erious charges around carelessly.
When s he warns us , as s he does with s uch a profound s ens e of urgency, we ought to
take heed. SILENT SPRING may well be one of the great and lowe ring books of our time.
This book is mus t reading for every res pons ible citizen." --Chicago Daily
- "Miss Carson's cry of warning is timely. If our species cannot police itself against
overpopulation, nuclear weapons and pollution, it may become extinct." --The New York
Ti mes
- "A great woman has awakened the Nation by he r forceful account of the dangers
around us. We owe muc h to Rachel Cars on." --Stewa rt L. Udall, Secretary of the Inte rior
- "It is high time for people to know about thes e rapid changes in their environment, and
to take an effective part in the battle that may shape the future of all life on earth." -The
New York Times Book Review{front page}
- "It s hould come as no s urpris e that the gifted author of THE SEA AROUN US can take
anothe r bra nch of s cience ... and bring it s o s harply into focus that any intelligent
layman can unders tand what s he is talking about. Unders tand, yes , and s hudde r, for s he
has drawn a living portrait of what is happening to this balance of nature as decreed in
the science of life --- and what man is doing (and has done) to des troy it and create a
s cience of death." -Virginia Kirkus Bulletin
