Rachel Carson Silent Spring review, recensie en informatie boek uit 1962 over de vernietiging van de natuur door gebruik van pesticiden. Op deze pagina lees je uitgebreide informatie over het het spraakmakende non-fictie boek van de uit Verenigde Staten afkomstige marine bioloog, natuurbeschermer en schrijfster Rachel Carson. De Nederlandse vertaling van het boek heeft als titel Verstild voorjaar.
Rachel Carson Silent Spring review en recensie
- “Rachel Carson educated a planet … Silent Spring is the cornerstone of the conservation movement. Its impact was immediate, far-reaching and ultimately life-enhancing … One of the most effective books ever written.” (Guardian)
- “One of the very few books truly to have changed the course of history.” (The Times)
Silent Spring
- Auteur: Rachel Carson (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: non-fictie boek uit 1962
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Penguin Classics
- Omvang: 336 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Prijs: £ 10,99 / £ 5,99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van het boek van Anne Carson over de vernietiging van de natuur door pesticiden
Now recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, Silent Spring exposed the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. Despite condemnation in the press and heavy-handed attempts by the chemical industry to ban the book, Rachel carson succeeded in creating a new public awareness of the environment which led to changes in government and inspired the ecological movement.
De Nederlandse vertaling van het boek heeft als titel Verstild voorjaar.
Rachel Carson was born on 27 May 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania. She wanted to be a writer for as long as she could 
remember. Her first book, Under the Sea Wind, appeared in 1941. Silent Spring, which alerted the world to the dangers of the misuse of pesticides, was published in 1962. Carson’s articles on natural history appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, the New Yorker, Reader’s Digest and Holiday. An ardent ecologist and preservationist, Carson warned against the dumping of atomic waste at sea and predicted global warming. She died on 14 April 1964 in Silver Spring, Maryland at the age of 56 due to a heart attack while she was suffering from breast cancer.