Rachel Carson : a twentieth-century life /
by Ellen Levine.
- New York : Viking, 2007.
- 224 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Up close .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-215) and index.
Discusses author and marine biologist Rachel Carson's efforts to protect the environment, from her childhood nature outings through the impact of her 1962 book, "Silent Spring."