by Rachel Carson ; drawings by Lois and Louis Darling.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge [Massachusetts] :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
The Riverside Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1962.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 368 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
22 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-355) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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A fable for tomorrow -- The obligation to endure -- Elixirs of death -- Surface waters and underground seas -- Realms of the soil -- Earth's green mantle -- Needless havoc -- And no birds sing -- Rivers of death -- Indiscriminately from the skies -- Beyond the dreams of the Borgias -- The human price -- Through a narrow window -- One in every four -- Nature fights back -- Rumblings of an avalanche -- Other road.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"An important, controversial account ... of the way in which man's use of poisons to control insect pests and unwanted vegetation is changing the balance of nature." Booklist.